Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Old Garden Beach
14 August, 2022
- Team Leader
- Matt Everett
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 1.3 lbs (measured)
42.659029, -70.607192
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Old Garden Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Undersea Divers Inc
- City
- Danvers
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 14 August, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 38 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 42.659029
Longitude: -70.607192
- Weather Conditions
-
Relatively calm the previous week but strong winds the day before created reduced visibly
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–23 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 15529 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 12 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 4 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
Due to reduced visibility from the strong winds the day before, we likely missed spotting and collecting pieces of debris. Lots of seaweed covering the bottom and floating in the water column so it was challenging to find debris.
Nothing abnormal, usual debris of plastic fragments and cloth rope/fragments
Rope: small pieces of rope that were tangled around a rock and pose a snag hazard to divers or marine life
Rubber bands: from lobsters, small and can be easily inhaled or choked on by fish
Plastic fragments: break down easily and can harm fish via consumption
