Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tallebudgera Creek
8 October, 2024
- Team Leader
- John Pearce
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
-28.098126957869, 153.4561672954
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tallebudgera Creek
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Underwater Adventures Australia
- City
- Burleigh Heads
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 8 October, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -28.098126957869
Longitude: 153.4561672954
- Weather Conditions
-
Fine
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 910.67 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 350 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 12 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 136 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Footwear | 2 |
| Apple I watch | 1 |
| Scissors | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Puffer fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing tackle & line |
| Comments | Poor little guy had a hook in his mouth trailing line. Stayed calm as I held him to cut him free. |
Additional Information
Recreational fishing
Massive shark hook…
Fishing paraphernalia
