Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Smitty's Cove
1 January, 2021
- Team Leader
- Alex Fancher
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 800 lbs (estimated)
60.778031161691, -148.66528906299
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Smitty's Cove
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Alaska
- City
- Anchorage
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 1 January, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 410 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 60.778031161691
Longitude: -148.66528906299
- Weather Conditions
-
Normal weather conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 300 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 3 |
| Baskets, Crates | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 2 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 5 |
| Appliances: Household | 2 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 5 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 50 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 5 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Rack (shelving) | 1 |
Additional Information
Continuing to clean after the boat fire a year and a half ago.
Melted conglomeration of plastic are other debris.
Large amounts of aluminum are oxidizing and going into the reef water
Lots of plastic pieces have urchin life attempting to live on it
Lots of debris still has oil in/on it.
