Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Williamstown Breakwater
3 September, 2011
- Team Leader
- Jess Milvain
- Number of Participants
- 30
- Total Debris Collected
- 75 kgs (estimated)
-37.868256, 144.888929
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Williamstown Breakwater
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Vision Divers
- City
- Williamstown
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 3 September, 2011
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -37.868256
Longitude: 144.888929
- Weather Conditions
-
Mon 29/08/2011 Max temp: 15.9
High wind: 50 - 20 kph, high wind overnight decreasing mid morning
Tue 30/08/2011 Max temp: 15.3
Light wind: 10 - 20 kph, moderate wind throughout the day
Wed 31/08/2011 Max temp: 15.4
Light wind: 20 - 5 kph, moderate throughout the day, dropping away mid afternoon
Thu 01/09/2011 Max temp: 16.7
Light wind: 5 - 20 kph, moderate wind throughout the day
Fri 02/09/2011 Max temp: 21.7
Moderate wind: 10 - 30 kph, wind peaking mid afternoon, increasing overnight
Sat 03/09/2011 Max temp: 22.1
High wind: 20 - 50 kph, wind peaking mid morning and remaining windy all afternoon
Sun 04/09/2011 Max temp: 21.5
Moderate wind: 60 - 5 kph (very windy during event, dropping late afternoon / evening)
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
plastic materials collected | |
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Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 7 |
Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
Balloons | 1 |
Balls | 5 |
Baskets, Crates | 1 |
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 25 |
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 15 |
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 20 |
Fishing: Line | 12 |
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
Food Wrappers (plastic) | 18 |
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
Straws, Stirrers | 75 |
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 35 |
Plastic Fragments | 32 |
Cigarette Filters | 50 |
glass materials collected | |
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Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 39 |
Beverage Bottles (glass) | 41 |
metal materials collected | |
---|---|
Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 13 |
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 8 |
Caps & Lids (metal) | 10 |
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
Pull Tabs-beverages | 3 |
Wrappers (foil/metal) | 10 |
Metal Fragments | 1 |
rubber materials collected | |
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Gloves (rubber) | 4 |
wood materials collected | |
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Wood Fragments | 5 |
cloth materials collected | |
---|---|
Cloth Fragments | 7 |
paper materials collected | |
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Bags (paper) | 10 |
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 6 |
Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 22 |
mixed materials collected | |
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Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
other materials collected | |
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Condom wrappers | 7 |
Tile | 1 |
Bell | 1 |
Women's stockings | 1 |
Bandaids | 5 |