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Tangalooma Ship Wrecks

15 July, 2017

Team Leader
Tim
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
29 kgs (estimated)

-27.16341160745, 153.36821258068

Survey Information

Location Name
Tangalooma Ship Wrecks
Organization/Dive Centre
Sweep Our Seas / Tangalooma Dive & Water Sports
City
brisbane
Country
Australia
Date
15 July, 2017
Survey Duration
30 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -27.16341160745
Longitude: 153.36821258068
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
5–17 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
Ship wrecks and coral
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 5
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 9
Caps & Lids (plastic) 39
Cigarette Lighters 3
Cotton Bud Sticks 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Diapers/nappies 1
Fishing: Line 1
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Foam Insulation & Packaging 3
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 33
Straws, Stirrers 14
Syringes (plastic) 1
Plastic Fragments 37
Cigarette Filters 4
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Syringes (glass) 3
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 5
Beverage Bottles (glass) 28
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 11
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 3
Pipes & Rebar 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 10
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 10
rubber materials collected
Condoms 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 9
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 3
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 4
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 4
Toys 2
other materials collected
2 sunglasses
1 knife
2 fins
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name Fish
Number Entangled 1
Status injured
Type of Debris unsure
Comments We found a fish that was struggling keeping it self up right. Helped him up right twice and both times ended up flopping back on to its side. Not sure what was the cause.... possible hook injury?

where boats commonly anchor and people fishing line near the wrecks

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