Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Woahink Lake - Church Beach
1 January, 2020
- Team Leader
- Rich Hopkins
- Number of Participants
- 22
- Total Debris Collected
- 40.8 lbs (measured)
43.926690357427, -124.10154851753
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Woahink Lake - Church Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Eugene Skin Divers Supply
- City
- Eugene
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 1 January, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 37 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 43.926690357427
Longitude: -124.10154851753
- Weather Conditions
-
Heavy rain.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–35 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 330000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Fresh Water Lake
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 15 |
| Balls | 16 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 7 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 8 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 26 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 30 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 45 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 12 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Plastic Oar | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Sculpin |
| Number Entangled | 5 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | plastic, beverage bottles and cans |
| Comments | Also had at least one live juvenile perch and one deceased juvenile perch. |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crawdads |
| Number Entangled | 18 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | beverage cans, plastic bags |
| Comments | Many of them were females on eggs. |
Additional Information
Drinking while fishing would be the most likely culprit.
Olaf toy.
beverage cans
plastic bags
windshield from a boat
Comments and Feedback
This is not the ADS630 dive site.
One of our divers donated $10 for each of the 19 Dive Against Debris students so they will all get a Project AWARE c-card.
