Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS184 - Gold Coast Seaway
25 November, 2017
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 34.3 kgs (measured)
-27.93664, 153.426301
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS184 - Gold Coast Seaway
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Environmental Divers
- City
- Gold Coast
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 25 November, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 98 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
Fair
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 70 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- Man made seaway entrance, rock wall with sand bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 15 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 15 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 683 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 27 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 5 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 57 |
| Cigarette Filters | 36 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 13 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 3 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 4 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 141 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 9 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 1 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 3 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 2 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Fireworks | 97 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Surf Strap | 1 |
| Scissors | 1 |
| Mirror | 1 |
| Clothes Peg | 1 |
Additional Information
Heavily fished area
Mirror
Fishing Line
Lead Sinkers
Hooks
Comments and Feedback
South West Wall Entry
