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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS321 - Clifton Garden

11 February, 2018

Team Leader
Rianti Bieler
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
29.5 kgs (measured)

-33.839817, 151.253738

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS321 - Clifton Garden
Organization/Dive Centre
Underwater Research Group Of NSW
City
Mosman
Country
Australia
Date
11 February, 2018
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -33.839817
Longitude: 151.253738
Weather Conditions
Sunny
Survey Depth Range
3–8 meters
Area Surveyed
1744.75 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
kelp
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 8
Bags: Trash (plastic) 101
Bait Containers, Packaging 22
Balloons 8
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 7
Fishing: Line 500
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 14
Food Wrappers (plastic) 66
Straws, Stirrers 9
Plastic Fragments 93
Strapping Bands (plastic) 4
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 5
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 7
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Metal Fragments 13
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 118
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 6
Rubber Bands 9
Rubber Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 25
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 5
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 3

Summer, lots of beach goers

Plastic

Fishing lines, hooks and sinkers

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