Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Occoquan River
27 September, 2020
- Team Leader
- A. K. Williams
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 263 lbs (measured)
38.684618, -77.259987
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Occoquan River
- Organization/Dive Centre
- PATRIOT SCUBA
- City
- Occoquan
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 27 September, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 25 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 38.684618
Longitude: -77.259987
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain Friday impacted visibility Saturday, but visibility better on Sunday with Sunshine
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–15 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 456.2 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- other
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 25 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 7 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 12 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 10 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 2 |
| Wood Fragments | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 7 |
| Clothing | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shotgun Shell (1 each) | 1 |
Additional Information
Unknown
Shotgun shell
Large debris piles
