Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Princess Bay
9 May, 2023
- Team Leader
- Claire Murphy
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
-41.346520179072, 174.78874521573
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Princess Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive HQ Wellington
- City
- Wellington
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 9 May, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -41.346520179072
Longitude: 174.78874521573
- Weather Conditions
-
Northerly winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4211 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- 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) | 3 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Balls | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
Additional Information
1 shoe and 1 shoe sole
pieces from the wreck washing in
Comments and Feedback
We had collected more metal fragments from the wreck and more golfballs but the metal ripped our mesh bag and it tore near the end of our dive and we lost some.
