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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Belmont Pier East

17 September, 2016

Team Leader
Matt
Number of Participants
9
Total Debris Collected
59 lbs (measured)

33.75718817884367, -118.14733743667603

Survey Information

Location Name
Belmont Pier East
Organization/Dive Centre
Deep Blue Scuba & Swim Center
City
Long Beach
Country
United States
Date
17 September, 2016
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 33.75718817884367
Longitude: -118.14733743667603
Weather Conditions
Calm, sunny.
Survey Depth Range
6–18 feet
Area Surveyed
107172 ft2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
sand substrate
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 20
Bags: Trash (plastic) 53
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 9
Bottles: Oil/lube 4
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Cigarette Lighters 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 5
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 106
Straws, Stirrers 129
Plastic Fragments 71
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 9
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 8
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 13
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 13
mixed materials collected
Clothing 12
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
Toys 7
other materials collected
plastic corrogated sign 1
metal lunch box 1

Popular beach. 2 river mouths. No flow to deep water.

Plastic straws. We're starting the hashtag #laststraw as they drive us crazy


Pretty standard debris we've been finding over the last few years. Way fewer grocery bags since they were banned, but still a lot of everything else. The quantity of straws is disturbing.

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