Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Bass Lake
22 January, 2017
- Team Leader
- Gareth Austin
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 1.5 kgs (estimated)
-26.517493694391753, 28.058051392436028
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Bass Lake
- Organization/Dive Centre
- SCUBA.co.za
- City
- Vereeniging
- Country
- South Africa
- Date
- 22 January, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 20 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -26.517493694391753
Longitude: 28.058051392436028
- Weather Conditions
-
Partly cloudy with sporadic thunderstorms.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3.2–11.7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Fresh water, abandoned quarry.
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
None
Half a plastic Coke Bottle
Plastic bags, problems for the Bass fish and water snails
Fishing lures still have hooks in them
Plastic bottles again a problem for the small water snails getting trapped
Comments and Feedback
Visibility was poor due to a lot of silt being stirred up previously by student divers.
