Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Thrower Drive Bridge, Currumbin
26 July, 2024
- Team Leader
- John Pearce
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 kgs (estimated)
-28.135903, 153.4761728
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Thrower Drive Bridge, Currumbin
- Organization/Dive Centre
- UAA
- City
- Currumbin
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 26 July, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -28.135903
Longitude: 153.4761728
- Weather Conditions
-
Fine
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1590.12 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) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 500 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 75 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 3 |
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Laptop Computer | 1 |
| Chair | 1 |
| Skateboard | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Mud crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fish trap |
| Comments | Happy Chappy! |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Cleaner shrimp |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing trap |
Additional Information
No
Laptop
Fishing equipment
Fabric / textile
Rubbish
