Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Rompeolas
1 March, 2014
- Team Leader
- Cristina von Essen
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 120 lbs (estimated)
18.14272, -65.513284
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Rompeolas
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Black Beard Sports
- City
- Vieques
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 1 March, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 95 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.14272
Longitude: -65.513284
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear skies with occasional quick showers in the morning. Calm seas with regular tides and currents. Survey area is a wave braker so it is protected from most current and oncean conditions.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–38 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 36500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 17 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 17 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 15 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 37 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 36 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 139 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 95 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 7 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 2 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 3 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Octopus, starfish, fire worms |
| Number Entangled | 5 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Bottles and cans |
| Comments | There was one fish that was dead. The others were released unharmed. |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | shrimp, crabs |
| Number Entangled | 30 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | bottles and cans |
| Comments | most were released while still underwater. |
Additional Information
The area is very popular for fishing activities. Most of the trash found was fishing related. Most of the cans collected were beer cans indicating that the main producer of debris are adults.
Granny panties
Cans
Fishing lines/ hooks
Bottles (glass and plastic)
