Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lake Louise
16 September, 2017
- Team Leader
- Erik Payeur
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 lbs (estimated)
46.484590156524, -93.999935969732
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lake Louise
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Aquaventure Dive and Photo
- City
- Maple Grove
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 16 September, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 25 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 46.484590156524
Longitude: -93.999935969732
- Weather Conditions
-
Raining and warm during week. Visibility was low
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–25 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 80000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Mine Pit..Rocky and silty. Large tree growth
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 50 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 20 |
| Baskets, Crates | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 50 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 50 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 50 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 50 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 10 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 20 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| SCUBA Weights | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 15 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
We have a lot of camping areas around the dive site. It is also a local swimming location, rope swing, beach area, etc. This brings in a lot of swimming and beach activity. Because of the remote and difficult access to the dive site we do not have any public waste baskets or recycling bins. We rely on users to take in and out what they bring.
A single old tennis shoe!
Comments and Feedback
We do create our own 'artificial sites' underwater. For example at this site we have created a 'Jason' figure at approximately 100 feet. In most dive sites this would be considered an item to be removed as it is debris. To us it is fantastic!
