Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Del Monte Beach

18 April, 2015

Team Leader
Steven Riddle
Number of Participants
70
Total Debris Collected
500 lbs (estimated)

36.601369, -121.888933

Survey Information

Location Name
Del Monte Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Dream Divers Club
City
Monterey
Country
United States
Date
18 April, 2015
Survey Duration
120 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.601369
Longitude: -121.888933
Weather Conditions
Sunny and Clear
Survey Depth Range
2–35 feet
Area Surveyed
750000 ft2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 44
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 26
Diapers/nappies 1
Fishing: Line 2
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 5
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 12
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 7
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 46
Cigarette Filters 107
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 5
Beverage Bottles (glass) 9
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 3
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 19
Cars & Car Parts 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 3
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 23
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 2
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 6
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 6
Cloth Fragments 8
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 3
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 17
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
other materials collected
camp chairs 6
step ladder 1
Mirror 1
parking post 1
rubber bumpers 2
paint brush 1
Entangled Animals
Birds
Species or Common Name Cormorant Bird
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris fishing line and weight
Comments The bird was tangled in fishing line and weights. He was freed and released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i2nhYbusUo&feature=youtu.be

fishing line


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRnVjsdzndI

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?