Dive Against Debris Data Submission
False Creek
26 January, 2024
- Team Leader
- Henry Wang
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 774 lbs (measured)
49.272439747295, -123.10384642785
Survey Information
- Location Name
- False Creek
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans
- City
- Vancouver
- Country
- Canada
- Date
- 26 January, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 49.272439747295
Longitude: -123.10384642785
- Weather Conditions
-
Mixed
- Survey Depth Range
- 9–22 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 8799.16 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- silt
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 4 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 15 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lawn chair | 2 |
| Shopping cart | 5 |
| Wagon | 1 |
| Pylon | 4 |
| Bicycle | 2 |
| Skateboard | 2 |
| Umbrella | 2 |
| Fire extinguisher | 1 |
| Boat | 1 |
| Tool box | 1 |
| Plexiglass | 1 |
| Shovel | 1 |
| Boat paddle | 3 |
| Boat fin | 1 |
| Air filter | 1 |
| Rake | 1 |
| Brush | 1 |
| Strap | 1 |
| Propeller | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Birds | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea gull |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | towel |
| Comments | It was wrapped in a towel |
Additional Information
No
Dead Sea gull
