Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Gold Coast Seaway
24 January, 2016
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 48 kgs (measured)
-27.93664, 153.426301
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Gold Coast Seaway
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Environmental Divers
- City
- Brisbane
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 24 January, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
FINE
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–17 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 30 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- Man made seaway entrance, rock wall with sand bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 7 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 9 |
| Balloons | 7 |
| Balls | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 8 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 12 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 9 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 12000 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 7 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 25 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 23 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 9 |
| Cigarette Filters | 7 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 7 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 7 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 7 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 3 |
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 6 |
| Cloth Fragments | 9 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 7 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 9 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 7 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 17 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Hats | 1 |
| Fake Flowers | 3 |
| Fake Christmas Tree Limbs | 3 |
| Pirate Eye Patch | 1 |
Additional Information
Fishing Line
Lead
Hooks
