Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Corona Del Mar
19 April, 2018
- Team Leader
- Jack Fishman
- Number of Participants
- 13
- Total Debris Collected
- 21 kgs (measured)
33.5919717, -117.8750473
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Corona Del Mar
- Organization/Dive Centre
- PADI And Project AWARE
- City
- Corona Del Mar
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 19 April, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 33.5919717
Longitude: -117.8750473
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–20 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 208.73 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- kelp
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 164 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 30 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 64 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth shawl | 1 |
Additional Information
Storms right before the dive
Plastic turtle toy
Small pieces of plastic (wrappers)
Plastic bags
Comments and Feedback
We found the majority in the kelp that was on the ocean floor
