Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Houghton Bay
27 May, 2023
- Team Leader
- Claire Murphy
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
-41.344719260868, 174.78743701114
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Houghton Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive HQ Wellington
- City
- Wellington
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 27 May, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 54 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -41.344719260868
Longitude: 174.78743701114
- Weather Conditions
-
Northerly winds, light swell
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 746.14 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 | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 12 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Toyota Branded Plastic Lid |
Additional Information
No event but this area gathers debris/weed due to currents
Foil food packaging - drink/yoghurts or similar
