Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Breakwall TUNCURRY
19 August, 2023
- Team Leader
- Amélie Chappeaux
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.7 kgs (estimated)
-32.174933, 152.503323
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Breakwall TUNCURRY
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Forster Dive Centre
- City
- Tuncurry
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 19 August, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -32.174933
Longitude: 152.503323
- Weather Conditions
-
Overall good. Some strong winds and slight rain.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5216.25 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- other
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 12 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
Additional Information
Fishing
Metal wired basket
Fishing line
Hooks
Sinkers
Comments and Feedback
It saddens me to see such rubbish in our waterways, but always happy knowing it's been retrieved.
We were performing an advanced course on a night dive. Not even a planned debris dive. Every dive is a debris dive though!
