Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Redondo Beach, Veteran's Park
15 September, 2024
- Team Leader
- Katherine Pirozzi
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (measured)
33.836640835271, -118.39278023028
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Redondo Beach, Veteran's Park
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Aquanautics Dive
- City
- Sylmar
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 15 September, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 46 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 33.836640835271
Longitude: -118.39278023028
- Weather Conditions
-
Nice, highs of 80, low in the mid 50's, calm ocean conditions.
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–61 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 400 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sandy bottom with some silt in the underwater canyon
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Balloons | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 15 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 6 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 35 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| sex toys: package of 3, plastic | 1 |
| misc larger hard plastic pieces, average size of palm of hand | 2 |
| tooth flosser | 1 |
| plastic wrapping (not bags) | 3 |
Additional Information
package of 3 sex toys
aside from plastic fragments, coffee cup lids were the most frequent item found, followed by plastic cutlery
