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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Port Gawler Mangrove

29 May, 2022

Team Leader
Chun Bee Gan
Number of Participants
14
Total Debris Collected
340 kgs (measured)

-34.671819785728, 138.43257863527

Survey Information

Location Name
Port Gawler Mangrove
Organization/Dive Centre
Diving Adelaide
City
Adelaide
Country
Australia
Date
29 May, 2022
Survey Duration
150 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -34.671819785728
Longitude: 138.43257863527
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
1–5 meters
Area Surveyed
50 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
mangroves
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 10
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 21
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Plastic Fragments 18
Cigarette Filters 70
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 8
Jars-food (glass) 5
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 23
Beverage Bottles (glass) 84
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 6
Cars & Car Parts 6
Metal Fragments 10
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 16
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 7
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 40
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
other materials collected
Cardboard 3
Car Door 1
Milk Crate 1
Computer Board 1
Shotgun Bullets 3
Clothes Rag 1
Nearly a whole car in pieces - doors, windows, seats, dashboard and etc 1

Bullets and abandon car underwater

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