Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS15 - Blue Heron Bridge, Phil Foster Park
22 January, 2022
- Team Leader
- Jillian Blakkan-Strauss
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 lbs (estimated)
26.784002462478, -80.041452331034
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS15 - Blue Heron Bridge, Phil Foster Park
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pura Vida Divers
- City
- Riviera Beach
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 22 January, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 53 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.784002462478
Longitude: -80.041452331034
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny & Windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–17 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 8935.41 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- other
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 4 |
| Gloves (latex) | 5 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 8 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 43 |
| Cigarette Filters | 3 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 6 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 19 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 15 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Clothing | 3 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | net |
Additional Information
No
Toy Wheel
Beer Cans
Plastic Fragments
Food Containers/Wrappers
Comments and Feedback
Lots of debris from boaters and fishermen
