Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Morrison Springs Underwater Clean Up

7 September, 2014

Team Leader
Austin Carrico
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
22 lbs (measured)

30.657583, -85.903583

Survey Information

Location Name
Morrison Springs Underwater Clean Up
Organization/Dive Centre
Ship 5151
City
Ponce De Leon
Country
United States
Date
7 September, 2014
Survey Duration
120 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 30.657583
Longitude: -85.903583
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
3–45 feet
Area Surveyed
1000 ft2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 2
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 4
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Fishing: Line 3
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 5
Plastic Fragments 1
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 2
Wood Fragments 4

large items included cut wood and metal bucket

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?