Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Del Monte Beach, Monterey California
27 December, 2015
- Team Leader
- David Keene
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 lbs (estimated)
36.601287, -121.887206
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Del Monte Beach, Monterey California
- Organization/Dive Centre
- David Keene
- City
- Monterey
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 27 December, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 54 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.601287
Longitude: -121.887206
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm with some rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–20 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 300 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cigar Tips | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 4 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 25 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 16 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fiberglass panels | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Birds | |
| Species or Common Name | Cormorant |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fish line |
| Comments | bird was partly decomposed hard to tell other than the line |
Additional Information
None that I know of
Shoes
Plastic
Aluminum cans
Fiberglass
Comments and Feedback
Big thanks to Erin Kincade for getting the Mesh Collection Bags and Project Aware Banner for us in time for our Event. Awesome!!
