Dive Against Debris Data Submission
The Cove - Whai Mooring North
24 September, 2012
- Team Leader
- Daniel Sharp
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 100 kgs (estimated)
-36.594857, 175.769405
Survey Information
- Location Name
- The Cove - Whai Mooring North
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Marine Studies Group 5 Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
- City
- Great Mercury Island
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 24 September, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 75 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -36.594857
Longitude: 175.769405
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain with strong winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 800 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Inner harbor sand silt
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 30 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
