Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Comal River
20 July, 2014
- Team Leader
- Bryan K. Brown
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 lbs (estimated)
29.707516, -98.126661
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Comal River
- Organization/Dive Centre
- East Texas Scuba Divers Club
- City
- New Braunfels
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 20 July, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 75 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 29.707516
Longitude: -98.126661
- Weather Conditions
-
Rained 2 days Prior to dive
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 10235.9 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- gravel
- Ecosystem
- River
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sunglasses | 2 |
| Aluminum cans | 17 |
| Beer Cans (closed) | 4 |
| Slim Jim Packages | 7 |
| T-Shirts | 4 |
| Dress | 1 |
| Diving Mask | 1 |
| Plastic bottles | 4 |
| String | 1 |
| Food packages | 3 |
| Glass Jar | 1 |
| Bungee Cords | 2 |
| Hat | 1 |
Additional Information
Tubers floating the river and disposing of trash or turning over.
tank banger
aluminum cans
