Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Manly Cove
31 July, 2022
- Team Leader
- Richards Nicholls
- Number of Participants
- 24
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 kgs (estimated)
-33.79926893213, 151.28189926084
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Manly Cove
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Centre Manly
- City
- Sydney
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 31 July, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -33.79926893213
Longitude: 151.28189926084
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 7000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 400 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 25 |
| Balloons | 7 |
| Balls | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 25 |
| Fishing: Line | 50 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 100 |
| Gloves (latex) | 6 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 60 |
| Plastic Fragments | 303 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 5 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 10 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 20 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 4 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 9 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 32 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Bags (cloth) | 24 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 31 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 9 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 40 |
| Tampons | 2 |
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bike | 1 |
| Paddle from paddleboard | 1 |
