Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS184 - Gold Coast Seaway
8 January, 2018
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 15.9 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
- 8 January, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–14 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 407 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Cigarette Filters | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 550 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 7 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Toadfish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Hooked through eye |
| Comments | Removed hook and fish was released. |
Additional Information
Highly fished and used area.
Snorkel
Fishing Line
Lead Sinkers
Hooks
Comments and Feedback
Fishing Debris Breakdown - Swivels - 187 Hooks - 173 Sinkers - 166 Hard Lures - 1 Soft Lures - 15 Wire Trace - 8
The return of the Crazy Welshman Brother Hywel one of the founding members of Environmental Divers. So great to see Brother H beneath the surface once again joining Amanda and Kelz on a sneaky Monday Mission beneath the surface to give the Gold Coast Seaway some love.
