I realize that it’s an enormous island of plastic,
They are seeing patch #4 that is near Brazil.
https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Lying between California and Hawaii, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is three times the size of France and is the world's biggest ocean waste repository, with 1.8 billion pieces of floating plastic which kill thousands of marine animals each year.