Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS204 - Rye Pier
8 October, 2016
- Team Leader
- Oliver Payne
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 13 kgs (measured)
-38.36876392752596, 144.82237815856934
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS204 - Rye Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Academy of Scuba
- City
- Melbourne
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 8 October, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.36876392752596
Longitude: 144.82237815856934
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy, butter generally dry
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Pier = seagrasses on bottom, sponges on pillars
- 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 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 10 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 50 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 25 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 15 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 20 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 20 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 15 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 20 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
Additional Information
The debris on the pier is simply the result of negligent fishermen, and the general public, who treat the beach like a giant rubbish bin - disgraceful!
Part of the pier, which was blown off months ago during a nasty storm, and which was still sitting, sharp side up, in an area that children play in during the summer months
The part of the pier landing
Squid jigs
Oil can
