Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Steps Beach - Avalon 41st Cleanup
1 April, 2023
- Team Leader
- Adara Tucker
- Number of Participants
- 68
- Total Debris Collected
- 150 lbs (estimated)
33.345369913429, -118.32679209307
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Steps Beach - Avalon 41st Cleanup
- Organization/Dive Centre
- PADI AWARE
- City
- Avalon
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 1 April, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 33.345369913429
Longitude: -118.32679209307
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–15 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 1500 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Balls | 13 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 41 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 14 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 11 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 4 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 10 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 3 |
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 4 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 10 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Clothing | 2 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
