Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sandy Point State Park
15 July, 2017
- Team Leader
- Heather Tallent
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.4 lbs (measured)
39.01650269874, -76.395460534841
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sandy Point State Park
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue Planet Scuba
- City
- Washington
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 15 July, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 28 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 39.01650269874
Longitude: -76.395460534841
- Weather Conditions
-
No significant rain or storms
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–9 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 33181 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- sand/silt covering rocky bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Unidentified |
| Number Entangled | 8 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fishing line |
| Comments | It appears the line had been there for a while so the molluscs may have been growing around the line already. We removed the line from around them and tried to leave them intact. |
Additional Information
There is fishing adjacent to this beach area, which could explain the fishing line we found. This is also a popular swimming beach, so trash may have blown into the water from beachgoers on shore.
fishing line
plastic bags
Comments and Feedback
This was our first time conducting a Dive Against Debris at this site. We're hoping to continue diving it regularly as long as the State Park officials will let us!
