Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS184 - Gold Coast Seaway
1 January, 2018
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 7.2 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
- 1 January, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
Northerlies - stirring up the vis and pushing some cold dirty water through.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 70 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- Man made seaway entrance, rock wall with sand bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 147 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Cigarette Filters | 9 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 133 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bike Helmet Plastic Outter | 1 |
Additional Information
Heavily Fished Area
Bicycle Helmet Outter
Fishing Line
Lead Sinkers
Hooks
Comments and Feedback
Snorkel / Freedive to kick off 365 Diveable Days of Debris and clean the shelf between the Platforms. Absolutely disgusted to find the newly finished Dive Platform and been vandalised on New Years Eve.
Fishing Gear Breakdown - Hooks - 31 Sinkers - 76 Soft Lures - 6 Hard Lures - 5 Swivels - 14 Metal Trace - 1
