Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Step Beach: 42nd Annual Avalon Harbor Cleanup
24 February, 2024
- Team Leader
- Erika Zocher
- Number of Participants
- 54
- Total Debris Collected
- 411.4 lbs (measured)
33.345497269038, -118.32659682891
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Step Beach: 42nd Annual Avalon Harbor Cleanup
- Organization/Dive Centre
- LMU Outdoor Adventure & Recreation Club
- City
- Avalon
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 24 February, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 33.345497269038
Longitude: -118.32659682891
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 34768 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- kelp
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Balls | 32 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 8 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 2 |
| Gloves (latex) | 2 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 6 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 14 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 3 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 162 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 11 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 11 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 64 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 26 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 15 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 25 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 8 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 48 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 25 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 29 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 24 |
| Towels/rags | 12 |
| Cloth Fragments | 28 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 26 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Clothing | 8 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 6 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 4 |
| Toys | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crabs |
| Number Entangled | 10 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Misc. |
Additional Information
ALL Fragments
Scuba/Snorkel Equipment
