Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ti Point Wharf
3 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- Laura HUtchings
- Number of Participants
- 13
- Total Debris Collected
- 44 kgs (measured)
-36.318490139307485, 174.78372540324926
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ti Point Wharf
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Performance Diver
- City
- Auckland
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 3 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -36.318490139307485
Longitude: 174.78372540324926
- Weather Conditions
-
Generaly good, few showers but overall calm and sunny.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–7.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4832.05 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: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 100 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 12 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 29 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 80 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 2 |
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Comments | Image included |
| Birds | |
| Species or Common Name | Shag |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing hook and line |
Additional Information
There is no one specific event, however this is a very popular fishing spot and its obvious by our findings that the fishermen are the main contributors to the debris we found.
Watch
Fishing Line.
Fishing sinkers, lures, hooks.
Beverage bottles (glass)
Comments and Feedback
Finding the entangled bird had a huge impact on our divers and was obviously distressing. On a more positive note, some the items we collected today will be reused!
