Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Frenchman's Bay, La Perouse, Sydney
29 October, 2017
- Team Leader
- Stephen Guy
- Number of Participants
- 19
- Total Debris Collected
- 12 kgs (estimated)
-33.987967150148, 151.22979462147
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Frenchman's Bay, La Perouse, Sydney
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Abyss Scuba Diving
- City
- Ramsgate
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 29 October, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -33.987967150148
Longitude: 151.22979462147
- Weather Conditions
-
windy, light rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5000 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) | 9 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Balls | 10 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 9 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 11 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 15 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 8 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 9 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 7 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 29 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 8 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 3 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Clothing | 2 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| metal & plastic kitchen mixer attachment | 1 |
| large screwdriver | 1 |
| fibreglass stay for sail on sailboat | 2 |
| electrical cable | 1 |
| car mudflap | 1 |
| rubber mount with pivoting metal stem e.g. boat part | 1 |
| bones | 3 |
| boat anchor | 1 |
| yellow wooden marine object with rope and cloth strapping cable attached | 1 |
| sunglasses | 1 |
