Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Gunnamatta Bay Baths at Cronulla
23 September, 2018
- Team Leader
- Stephen Guy
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
-34.058385166555, 151.14880402723
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Gunnamatta Bay Baths at Cronulla
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Abyss Scuba Diving
- City
- Sydney
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 23 September, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 47 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -34.058385166555
Longitude: 151.14880402723
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny with slight easterly wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–4.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 831.11 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Plastic type filter | 1 |
| unidentified plastic object | 1 |
| bandaid | 1 |
| security strip/tag | 1 |
| bones | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | mullusc |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Unidentified debris |
| Comments | The mollusc was attached to the inside curve of the object and it wasnt initially identified as a living animal until the object was inspected in more detail |
Additional Information
Not specifically Area where many people come to swim and hang out Located near pier where fishermen fish off pier Near boat moorings Nets around bathing area traps debris and collects larger amounts of wind assisted debris
Bones
Plastic and glass bottles
Bikes
Traffic Cones
Comments and Feedback
The water visibility was very poor due to silt movement, max 1m Several large objects that were not collected - Wheely bin, traffic cone
Awesome team Abyss for organising the Dive against debris event. Super turnout, thanks to all the divers, collecting massive amounts of debris from the area. Lots of bikes, traffic cones, blow up beds and hundreds of cans and bottles collected.
