Dive Against Debris Data Submission
La Balsa Park
29 January, 2018
- Team Leader
- Elliot
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
-26.686135, 153.134505
Survey Information
- Location Name
- La Balsa Park
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sunshine Coast Clean Up Divers
- City
- Buddina
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 29 January, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 75 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -26.686135
Longitude: 153.134505
- Weather Conditions
-
Hot and sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 271.18 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 12 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Corflute sign | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Mollusc |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Rope |
Additional Information
No
Not applicable
Fishing line
Comments and Feedback
Site still has lots of fishing line, just too tangled and grown over to be removed sadly
