Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Parsley Bay, VAUCLUSE

21 July, 2024

Team Leader
Iain Cox
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
12 kgs (estimated)

-33.849635, 151.276783

Survey Information

Location Name
Parsley Bay, VAUCLUSE
Organization/Dive Centre
Scuba Warehouse
City
Vaucluse
Country
Australia
Date
21 July, 2024
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -33.849635
Longitude: 151.276783
Weather Conditions
30kph winds
Survey Depth Range
3–11 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 5
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 6
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 3
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 4
Toys 1

Mostly under a jetty...fishing activities

Massive net

Massive net

Lures

Fishing line


Lots more to be collected

Popular fishing spot

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?