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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Gunnamatta Bay Baths at Cronulla

23 September, 2018

Team Leader
Stephen Guy
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
4 kgs (estimated)

-34.058385166555, 151.14880402723

Survey Information

Location Name
Gunnamatta Bay Baths at Cronulla
Organization/Dive Centre
Abyss Scuba Diving
City
Sydney
Country
Australia
Date
23 September, 2018
Survey Duration
47 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -34.058385166555
Longitude: 151.14880402723
Weather Conditions
Sunny with slight easterly wind
Survey Depth Range
2–4.6 meters
Area Surveyed
831.11 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Foam Insulation & Packaging 2
Straws, Stirrers 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 2
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 3
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 4
other materials collected
Plastic type filter 1
unidentified plastic object 1
bandaid 1
security strip/tag 1
bones 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name mullusc
Number Entangled 1
Status injured
Type of Debris Unidentified debris
Comments The mollusc was attached to the inside curve of the object and it wasnt initially identified as a living animal until the object was inspected in more detail

Not specifically Area where many people come to swim and hang out Located near pier where fishermen fish off pier Near boat moorings Nets around bathing area traps debris and collects larger amounts of wind assisted debris

Bones

Plastic and glass bottles

Bikes

Traffic Cones


The water visibility was very poor due to silt movement, max 1m Several large objects that were not collected - Wheely bin, traffic cone

Awesome team Abyss for organising the Dive against debris event. Super turnout, thanks to all the divers, collecting massive amounts of debris from the area. Lots of bikes, traffic cones, blow up beds and hundreds of cans and bottles collected.

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