Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Green Pier - Avalon 41st Cleanup
1 April, 2023
- Team Leader
- Penny Janssen
- Number of Participants
- 92
- Total Debris Collected
- 200 lbs (estimated)
33.343985356673, -118.32527654364
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Green Pier - Avalon 41st Cleanup
- Organization/Dive Centre
- PADI AWARE
- City
- Avalon
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 1 April, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 33.343985356673
Longitude: -118.32527654364
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–15 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 2500 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Balls | 23 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 19 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 6 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 9 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 26 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 25 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 5 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 3 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 15 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | hermit crabs |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | within glass bottles |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Brittlestars |
| Number Entangled | 7 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | cloth |
