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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS440 - Bulcock Beach

8 April, 2018

Team Leader
Elliot Peters
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
4 kgs (estimated)

-26.806313, 153.130415

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS440 - Bulcock Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
City
Caloundra
Country
Australia
Date
8 April, 2018
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -26.806313
Longitude: 153.130415
Weather Conditions
Showers
Survey Depth Range
2–6 meters
Area Surveyed
1689.48 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Fishing: Line 20
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 3
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 20
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
metal materials collected
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 6
Metal Fragments 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 42
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1

No

Bits of wire

Fishing line


Lots of large metal structures, very encrusted with growth though.

Plenty of stonefish

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