Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS184 - Gold Coast Seaway
9 December, 2017
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 42.9 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
- 9 December, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 48 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- Man made seaway entrance, rock wall with sand bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 3 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 5 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 456 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 18 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 15 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 699 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 11 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing Reels | 2 |
| Dive Computer | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Estuary Stingray |
| Number Entangled | 10 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Hook and line entangled |
| Comments | Every single person on this dive released or assisted in the release of at least one Marine Animal. Rays, Eels and Fish were all found and released if possible, unfortunately we also found 3 dead marine animals, an Estuary Ray, Moray Eel and Brim. |
Additional Information
Heavily fished area
Dive Computer
Fishing Line
Lead Sinkers
Hooks
Comments and Feedback
Our last Monthly Maintenance Dive of 2017 in the Gold Coast Seaway.
Fishing Debris Breakdown - Sinkers - 265 Hooks - 273 Swivels - 143 Lures - 18 Fishing Reel - 2
