Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Rio Vista Park, San Marcos River
29 February, 2020
- Team Leader
- Rob Pittman
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 lbs (estimated)
29.878802934012, -97.932585213582
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Rio Vista Park, San Marcos River
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Island Divers S-495
- City
- San Marcos
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 29 February, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 67 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 29.878802934012
Longitude: -97.932585213582
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear to partly cloudy, moderate seasonal temperatures
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–22 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- gravel
- Ecosystem
- other
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 11 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sunglasses | 1 |
| Eyeglass lens | 1 |
Additional Information
No specific event. The river is used for tubing, and there is a bar along part of the shoreline where most of the debris was found.
Baseball
Drink cans
Plastic cups
Plastic bottles
Comments and Feedback
Planning to do another Dive Against Debris in Lake Murray, OK when it warms up.
