Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Arizona - Lake Pleasant - Christmas Tree Dive Site
31 December, 2016
- Team Leader
- Chris J Adams
- Number of Participants
- 22
- Total Debris Collected
- 82 lbs (measured)
33.858066025701675, -112.29411712285582
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Arizona - Lake Pleasant - Christmas Tree Dive Site
- Organization/Dive Centre
- No Limits Scuba
- City
- Chandler
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 31 December, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 37 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 33.858066025701675
Longitude: -112.29411712285582
- Weather Conditions
-
Light winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–65 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 71000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 17 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 37 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 54 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 28 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 18 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 73 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 7 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 13 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 4 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 7 |
| Toys | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Anchor | 1 |
| chain | 1 |
Additional Information
Area is used for recreational boating and camping.
Toy guns
Plastic cups (solo style)
Aluminum cans
Water bottles
Comments and Feedback
This is one of three main dive sites used in the state of Arizona for recreational dive training. Several dive shops in our area periodically do clean-up events at these, which helps keep the amount of debris down.
