Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lake Eacham
29 January, 2021
- Team Leader
- Melanie Vio Seror
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (estimated)
-17.285260967926, 145.62940388931
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lake Eacham
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Octopus Dive
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 29 January, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -17.285260967926
Longitude: 145.62940388931
- Weather Conditions
-
Tropical rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 148550 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- other
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 4 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 50 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 18 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 17 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 50 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 5 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 4 |
| Rubber Fragments | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 6 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bandaids | 45 |
| Hairbands | 25 |
| Laminated signs | 3 |
| Jewellery | 8 |
| Sunglasses | 4 |
Additional Information
School holidays and Australia day PH
Bandaids
Hairbands
Small plastic debris
