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Green Pier: 40th Annual Avalon Harbour Underwater Cleanup

25 February, 2022

Team Leader
Jack Fishman
Number of Participants
211
Total Debris Collected
1126 lbs (estimated)

33.343848143346, -118.32505032628

Survey Information

Location Name
Green Pier: 40th Annual Avalon Harbour Underwater Cleanup
Organization/Dive Centre
PADI AWARE/Wrigley Institute
City
Avalon
Country
United States
Date
25 February, 2022
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 33.343848143346
Longitude: -118.32505032628
Weather Conditions
Calm
Survey Depth Range
2–18 feet
Area Surveyed
29541.1 ft2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
Fishing Pier
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Balls 65
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 6
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 44
Fishing: Line 104
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 26
Food Wrappers (plastic) 8
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 7
Straws, Stirrers 14
Plastic Fragments 111
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 111
Jars-food (glass) 3
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 130
Beverage Bottles (glass) 111
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 3
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 50
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 11
Pipes & Rebar 22
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 15
Metal Fragments 79
Batteries: Car Or Boat 2
Fishing: Traps & Pots 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 130
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 2
Rubber Fragments 21
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 14
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 15
Towels/rags 22
Cloth Fragments 51
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 2
mixed materials collected
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 20
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
Toys 32
other materials collected
Achor 1
Boat Pieces/motor Prop/Helm 3
Sunglasses 54
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crabs
Number Entangled 11
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing Gear/Plastic Debris
Comments All crabs were sorted and released unharmed!
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Brittle Stars + 1 Octopus
Number Entangled 11
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing Gear/plastic
Comments These animals were found inside of plastic debris and removed safely back to the ocean. The octopus was inside a bottle and released safely.

This dive site was next to Green Pier. Most of the debris is commonly found near fishing sites and frequent human activity.

The most unusual item was the helm of a small boating craft!

Fishing gear

Glass Bottles

Plastic Fragments


This survey was completed in tandem with the 40th Annual Avalon Underwater Harbour Cleanup event, with the help of our partners at Seiko! The tradition started in the 1970s in a community effort to clean the harbor, and this year, USC's Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber and Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies–Catalina Conservation Divers are proud to our part in protecting the health of one of Catalina's coastal treasures by hosting the 40th Annual Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup.

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