Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Perch Lake
14 October, 2013
- Team Leader
- Jay Elson
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 100 lbs (estimated)
34.926092, -104.664264
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Perch Lake
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Tortuga Diver Training
- City
- Santa Rosa
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 14 October, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 62 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 34.926092
Longitude: -104.664264
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, dry.
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–45 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 25000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- freshwater
- 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) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 9 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 11 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Tampons | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| plastic kayak paddle | 1 |
| plastic cable spool | 1 |
| camera lens | 1 |
| iPhone case | 1 |
| metal hardware pieces | 26 |
Additional Information
No.
iPhone case
Discarded steel cable and rope -- represents an entanglement hazard for divers in low visibility
fishing lures -- popular fishing site resulting in possible injury to divers
large accumulation of shore-line trash (not collected) -- accumulated trash is unsightly and smells bad
