Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Coral Sea
10 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- Penny Nelsen
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 lbs (measured)
39.78979775375442, -105.07432238578986
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Coral Sea
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Coral Key Scuba & Travel
- City
- Arvada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 10 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 39.78979775375442
Longitude: -105.07432238578986
- Weather Conditions
-
80's to 90's in the afternoon 50's to 60's at night. Very little rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–20 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 17000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Freshwater Lake
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 3 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 7 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 46 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 84 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 9 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 6 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 9 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tennis Balls | 36 |
| Golf Ball | 1 |
| Softball | 1 |
Additional Information
Despite being privately owned with no fishing and no trespassing signs, this lake is frequented by owners with dogs and they throw balls into the lake. We hit the jackpot in recovering 36 tennis balls.
boxer shorts
plastic fragments
food wrappers - people go to the lake to hang out or with their pets and litter
tennis balls - dog owners throwing balls into the lake for their pets to retrieve
Comments and Feedback
This is our 3rd clean up this year and we are making progress our clean up group is growing as well. It may not be directly related, but we are seeing more fish in the lake a well. We are hopeful that with continued efforts (one cleanup a month during the diving season) we can continue to improve the health of our lake!
