Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS364 - Toucari Bay
22 April, 2018
- Team Leader
- Kayla
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 801 lbs (measured)
15.608339, -61.465306
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS364 - Toucari Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- SALT / OURSALTYPASSPORTS
- City
- Toucari
- Country
- Dominica
- Date
- 22 April, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 15.608339
Longitude: -61.465306
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–15 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 30702.4 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 24 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 16 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Balls | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 60 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 416 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 5 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 23 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 14 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 335 |
| Diapers/nappies | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 600 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 10 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 34 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 10 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 73 |
| Cigarette Filters | 19 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 83 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 326 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 5 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 100 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 30 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 17 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 4 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 10 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 9 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 4 |
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 10 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 52 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 15 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 17 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Styrofoam | 149 |
| Galvanized fragments | 115 |
| Galvanized roofing | 13 |
| Extra large plastic fragment | 51 |
Additional Information
Hurricane Maria
Boat hook
Galvanized roofing
High tension wires
Plastic food wrappers /chip bags
Comments and Feedback
This survey included beach and underwater clean up
There is a lot of hidden galvanized
