Dive Against Debris Data Submission
House Reef Yellow Submarine
17 November, 2022
- Team Leader
- Duncan Versteegh
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 18 kgs (measured)
12.160375338089, -68.282510308534
Survey Information
- Location Name
- House Reef Yellow Submarine
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Friends Bonaire
- City
- Kralendijk
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 17 November, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 64 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.160375338089
Longitude: -68.282510308534
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–13 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3432 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 9 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 34 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
Additional Information
Most of the debris came from the boats
Liguana skin (from molding )
fishing lines; animals can get stuck in it
plastic; animals like turtles can mistaken the plastic for food
glass; we found so many glass as well in the the shallows. Pleople can get hurt by stepping on it.
