Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS505 - Los Alamitos Bay Bayshore and Division
7 April, 2019
- Team Leader
- Ashley Arnold
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 15.35 lbs (measured)
33.756177606883, -118.13096955914
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS505 - Los Alamitos Bay Bayshore and Division
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Jade Scuba Adventures
- City
- Long Beach
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 7 April, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 33.756177606883
Longitude: -118.13096955914
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–21 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 5640.17 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 22 |
| Balls | 2 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 9 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 66 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 41 |
| Tampon Applicators | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Cigarette Filters | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 54 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 3 |
| Rubber Fragments | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 4 |
Additional Information
Human litter
Medicine ball
Wrappers
Straws
Comments and Feedback
Much less debris than we have been collecting- potentially due to less rains pushing debris into the water.
