Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Negro Bar
1 January, 2012
- Team Leader
- Curtis Wilson
- Number of Participants
- 27
- Total Debris Collected
- 12 lbs (estimated)
38.682495, -121.175036
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Negro Bar
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scuba World Sacramento
- City
- Folsom
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 1 January, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 38.682495
Longitude: -121.175036
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, with fog in the morning. The temperatures were in the low to mid 40's the week prior. The day of the dive the temperature was in the mid to high 50's.
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–45 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 20000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- The Negro Bar/Rainbow Bridge area is a section of the American River that has been damed up to create Lake Natomas. The ecosystem consists of sand, gravel, huge bolders, and mud. There are areas that have fresh water grasses.
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 12 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 34 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Clothing | 7 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Umbrella | 1 |
| Fishing Pole | 1 |
| I Phone | 1 |
| I Pod | 1 |
| debit/creditcard | 1 |
Additional Information
Debit/creditcard
Comments and Feedback
This area is frequented by swimmers in the summer months. So beer cans, soda cans, bicycles are often found in the area. Each year we hold a polar bear dive on January 1st. This year I asked everyone to pick up trash while doing their dive. While most did not bring up anything, the ones that did brought up some great finds.
