Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Casino Point: 43rd Annual Avalon Harbor Cleanup
22 February, 2025
- Team Leader
- Lisa Beach
- Number of Participants
- 74
- Total Debris Collected
- 289.3 lbs (measured)
33.348409291752, -118.3252546433
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Casino Point: 43rd Annual Avalon Harbor Cleanup
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scuba by Design
- City
- Avalon
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 22 February, 2025
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 33.348409291752
Longitude: -118.3252546433
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 54769.3 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- kelp
- 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) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 3 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 13 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 25 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 5 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 3 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 61 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 67 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 21 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 82 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 12 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 12 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 6 |
| Rubber Fragments | 15 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 1 |
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 5 |
| Towels/rags | 14 |
| Cloth Fragments | 8 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 2 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 4 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 10 |
| Tampons | 2 |
| Toys | 11 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bones | 9 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Blue Banded Goby, Cray Fish |
| Number Entangled | 6 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Misc |
| Comments | Some were returned to the water but it did not look like they were going to survive. |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab, Shrimp, Wavy Turban Snail |
| Number Entangled | 10 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Misc |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Bristle Worm, Brittle Star, Tube Worm |
| Number Entangled | 6 |
| Type of Debris | Misc |
Additional Information
Vibrator
Aluminum cans
Fishing Line
Plastic Fragments
