Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Glenelg Jetty
15 April, 2017
- Team Leader
- Erika Sullivan
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (estimated)
-34.980616723626, 138.50952968001
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Glenelg Jetty
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Adelaide Scuba
- City
- Adelaide
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 15 April, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -34.980616723626
Longitude: 138.50952968001
- Weather Conditions
-
24oC during the day, sunny. Poor visibility 2 m underwater but calm surface conditions. Low tide and a lot of rubbish in the intertidal zone was collected.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–5.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 300 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 18 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 15 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 20 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 28 |
| Plastic Fragments | 30 |
| Cigarette Filters | 7 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 8 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 5 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 2 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 16 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 3 |
| Clothing | 3 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 7 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| metal bolt | 1 |
Additional Information
No. Lazy beachgoers not throwing out their rubbish. Most was found along the shoreline and intertidal zone as we went out at low tide.
Homemade bong and reading glasses
straws - too easy to kill sea life and float into sea
cardboard coffee cups
takeaway containers
Comments and Feedback
Great experience, I hope to do another at another location soon. 10 people helped on the beach. I tried to include only debris in water zone, underwater, intertidal. We collected more rubbish off the beach but discarded it.
We raised money for Project Aware by selling the underwater bags. They have run out of metal straws and we would love to order more when they become available. They may be shipped to Adelaide Scuba attention: Erika Sullivan. Thank you.
