Dive Against Debris Data Submission
The Outer Tubes
25 July, 2022
- Team Leader
- Eleanor Roe
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 kgs (estimated)
-35.08724240856, 150.7990825628
Survey Information
- Location Name
- The Outer Tubes
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Jervis Bay
- City
- Huskisson
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 25 July, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -35.08724240856
Longitude: 150.7990825628
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 14–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 600 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 250 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 20 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 218 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 8 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | brittlestar |
| Number Entangled | 6 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | anything with barnacles still attached |
Additional Information
This is an extremely popular big game fishing location for catching marlin and tuna
Comments and Feedback
We easily could have spent many more hours at this spot, there was endless fishing line. We found at least 30kg of lead in the form of fishing sinkers.
