Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS505 - Los Alamitos Bay Bayshore and Division
10 March, 2019
- Team Leader
- Ashley Arnold
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 lbs (estimated)
33.756193166878, -118.13106407765
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS505 - Los Alamitos Bay Bayshore and Division
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Jade Scuba Adventures
- City
- Long Beach
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 10 March, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 33.756193166878
Longitude: -118.13106407765
- Weather Conditions
-
Wind, rain, cloud
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–17 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 5640.17 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- other
- 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) | 134 |
| Balloons | 7 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 13 |
| Cigar Tips | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 64 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 230 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 6 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 4 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 119 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 60 |
| Cigarette Filters | 17 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 171 |
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 3 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 15 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 7 |
Additional Information
Wind and rain runoff
Flare end
Plastic food wrappers
Foil food wrappers
Comments and Feedback
Large area was covered due to the long dive time and multiple teams
Found 4 different octopuses with eggs in plastic cups. Plastic may endanger the octopus population
