Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tallebudgera Creek
6 June, 2020
- Team Leader
- Sally Gregory
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 5.3 kgs (measured)
-28.098995628772, 153.45625951044
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tallebudgera Creek
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Hooked on Tallebudgera Clean Up Crew
- City
- Tallebudgera
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 6 June, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -28.098995628772
Longitude: 153.45625951044
- Weather Conditions
-
Strong winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 334.922 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 100 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 4 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 124 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Moray Eel |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line tightly wound around its body |
| Comments | The eel was found laying on a sand patch unable to move and gasping for every breath. He was cut free from the line and released safely |
Additional Information
Illegal fisherman on the bridge above
Sunglasses
Fishing line
Hooks/lures
Sinkers
