Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Destin East Jetties
9 June, 2022
- Team Leader
- Scott Cole
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 lbs (estimated)
30.384, -86.507
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Destin East Jetties
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Emerald Coast Scuba
- City
- Destin
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 9 June, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 29 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 30.384
Longitude: -86.507
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–58 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 8200 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
plastic materials collected | |
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Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
Fishing: Line | 1 |
Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
glass materials collected | |
---|---|
Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
cloth materials collected | |
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Bags (cloth) | 1 |
Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
Towels/rags | 1 |
Cloth Fragments | 1 |
paper materials collected | |
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Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
Additional Information
Local snorkel and fishing spot
Nylon/rope bag; there was also a large chain link fence that has been dumped there, but it also appears to now be a green turtle habitat; we did not have the means to remove it.
fishing line
Snorkel gear
bait bags/debris from fishing/tourism
Comments and Feedback
There was a turtle under some large debris items (one is perhaps a ghost net, the other a chain link fence). The turtles appeared at first as if they may be stuck, but upon further review were likely just resting beneath the debris.