Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Clifton Gardens / Chowder Bay, Sydney
19 September, 2023
- Team Leader
- Brigit Jager
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.75 kgs (estimated)
-33.839584, 151.253121
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Clifton Gardens / Chowder Bay, Sydney
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Friends of Chowder Bay
- City
- Sydney
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 19 September, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -33.839584
Longitude: 151.253121
- Weather Conditions
-
vèry warm Spring weather
- Survey Depth Range
- 4.5–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 250 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 45 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 52 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Plastic - Fishing: little round floaters | 4 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Juvenile seahorse |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | endemic endangered species (White's) recently released on seahorse hotel |
Additional Information
the pier is a popular site for fishing
squid jig
Fishing: lines
Fishing: hooks & lures
Fishing: squid jigs
Comments and Feedback
1 person 1 dive
Recent release of many juvenile endangered seahorses
