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ADS181 - Christmas Tree Reef

24 September, 2016

Team Leader
Deanna
Number of Participants
15
Total Debris Collected
183 lbs (estimated)

33.85755, -112.294826

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS181 - Christmas Tree Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Inland Water Divers
City
Goodyear
Country
United States
Date
24 September, 2016
Survey Duration
56 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 33.85755
Longitude: -112.294826
Weather Conditions
90 degrees outside the water. About 77 degrees inside the water. It rained the Friday before our dive.
Survey Depth Range
10–65 feet
Area Surveyed
754.182 ft2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 60
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Bait Containers, Packaging 40
Baskets, Crates 10
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 5
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 60
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 60
Carpet (synthetic) 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 20
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 45
Fishing: Line 52
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 15
Foam Insulation & Packaging 16
Food Wrappers (plastic) 30
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 10
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 5
Straws, Stirrers 6
Toothbrushes 2
Plastic Fragments 60
Cigarette Filters 15
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 45
Beverage Bottles (glass) 6
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 2
Appliances: Household 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 70
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 5
Caps & Lids (metal) 25
Cars & Car Parts 2
Drums: 55 Gallon 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 65
Wrappers (foil/metal) 5
Metal Fragments 23
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 16
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 5
Rubber Fragments 6
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 3
Cloth Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Clothing 4
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 5
Toys 2
other materials collected
Boat trimming poor

Labor day weekend and summer tourist could have contributed to the trash that was in this area.

the most unusual items found were an oil lantern, Boat trimming , and tire rims.


I think there should be a printable list that we can fill out so as we sort out the trash we can mark exactly what we are reporting back to you.

The dive site was very murky. The visibility was about 10 feet it had rained the day before. The lake was also about 50 feet lower than usual so we were surveying what would normally be in about 80 feet of water most of the trash was very old trash that had settled at the bottom for at least two months.

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