NAVARRE, Fla. (WKRG) — A collaboration between the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station and local divers is helping to clean the Navarre Beach Pier.
Local Santa Rosa County Students and Tazz Felde, co-owner of Under Pressure Divers, talk strategy before hitting the water. (Courtesy of Hadid Doney)
Co-owner of Under Pressure Divers, Tazz Felde, and these Navarre High School students clean the pier four times a year, no matter how cold that early morning Gulf water is.
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“A lot of turtles get caught on monofilament hooks under the pier. So of course, that’s a big thing for us,” said Felde. “And then the amount of trash that builds up under there, we want to get rid of it and remove it to just kind of help the environment, save the marine life.”
“We’re really lucky that they close it down and we can, you know, make a difference,” Director of Navarre Beach Marine Science Station Charlene Maruo said. “Like the first time we came out here, we collected like 400 pounds and within 2 hours.”
Student divers walking towards the Gulf ahead of their clean up. (Courtesy of Hadid Doney)…