Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Placer Cove
9 October, 2021
- Team Leader
- Larry Millwood
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 210 lbs (measured)
35.705543, -114.7066424
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Placer Cove
- Organization/Dive Centre
- 3rd Reef Divers
- City
- Henderson
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 9 October, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 52 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.705543
Longitude: -114.7066424
- Weather Conditions
-
clear, calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 41 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- silt, rocky, Lake fresh water
- 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) | 7 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 84 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Diapers/nappies | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 9 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 11 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 8 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 5 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 7 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 12 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 76 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 83 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 3 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 6 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 9 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 12 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 3 |
| Clothing | 12 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 6 |
| Toys | 7 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Comments | none found |
Additional Information
common water access for water activities
Hawaiian plastic flower lei
plastic containers, water, juice
glass bottles, beer
clothing
Comments and Feedback
3rd Reef Divers annual debris clean-up. Our first using Project AWARE. We will be doing this again.
