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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS438 - La Balsa Park

22 August, 2018

Team Leader
Elliot
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
2.3 kgs (measured)

-26.685882, 153.13448

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS438 - La Balsa Park
Organization/Dive Centre
Sunshine Coast Clean Up Divers
City
Buddina
Country
Australia
Date
22 August, 2018
Survey Duration
144 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -26.685882
Longitude: 153.13448
Weather Conditions
Sunny and dry
Survey Depth Range
1–63 meters
Area Surveyed
2067.91 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 3
Fishing: Line 42
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 13
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
metal materials collected
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 59
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
other materials collected
Carabiner 1
Plastic pavers 2
Frisbee 1

No

Plastic pavers

Fishing gear

Rope


Picture shows the nylon infused pavers.. very strange

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