Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS556 - Portarlington Pier
14 September, 2019
- Team Leader
- Ting Ting Lee
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 kgs (estimated)
-38.110597801602, 144.65217411654
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS556 - Portarlington Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Australian Diving Instruction
- City
- Geelong
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 14 September, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.110597801602
Longitude: 144.65217411654
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 700 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 14 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 12 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 13 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 4 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 12 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 11 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| LED light | 1 |
| camp chair | 1 |
| scissors | 1 |
Additional Information
fishing lure
building material - due to recent pier construction
