Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Back Bay in Belmar
24 August, 2013
- Team Leader
- Chelsea Eareckson
- Number of Participants
- 40
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 lbs (estimated)
40.177955, -74.036179
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Back Bay in Belmar
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divers Two
- City
- Belmar
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 24 August, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 40.177955
Longitude: -74.036179
- Weather Conditions
-
Stormy
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–18 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 50000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 6 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 5 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 6 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 18 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 4 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 3 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
Additional Information
Hurricane Sandy
Golf Ball
Bottles
Plastic Bags
Metal scraps
Comments and Feedback
We expected to find more debris due to superstorm Sandy, but instead, we found the least amount of debris yet. There are two theories for this; one, our clean up dives are working, and two, the debris from the storm was pushed inland.
Annual Cleanups
