I was enjoying the beach scenery when suddenly, I was approached by a crab. The crab with its curiosity picked me up but soon found itself stuck. After some scurrying around, the crab flung me into the path of an incoming wave which then by the energy of the waves forcefully dragged me out to sea.

The ocean surface was quite warm with some dissolved salts in it. The sun's rays felt nice, but I was then taken under the surface by a piece of seaweed where the water began to lower in temperature and increase in salinity.  

The surface currents caused by the wind pulled me along with the seaweed through the North Pacific gyre which brought me and the seaweed down south. Because we are moving southward, the temperature will increase as we make our way closer to the equator.

As we make our way closer to the equator, we encounter some fellow trash that was also traveling in the same direction as we were, so we group together, but with our new companions, it seems like we may be a bit heavier than what we earlier.  The weight of all of us brought us to deeper levels of the ocean which felt much colder and had more salt than the surface levels.

Nearing the coast of northern central America, we catch the sight of some fishers catching some pretty big catches. Well maybe their luck got caught too as one of the fish knocked some of the supplies overboard into the sea.

After that funny sight, we are then dragged back out to sea where we catch a glimpse of our final destination. We creep forward with the energy of the surface waves and gyres to be brought to the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch!

Glossary

gyres - large oceanic currents

surface currents - Ocean currents that are caused by the wind

salinity - The amount of salt within a substance

ocean surface - The top layer of the ocean

temperature - The amount of thermal energy within something

equator - The area on earth that is the closest to the sun