Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Dive Otago's Debris Survey at Pilots Beach (Beach) and Wellers Rock (Underwater)
21 November, 2015
- Team Leader
- Emma
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 17 kgs (measured)
-47.931066, 170.332031
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dive Otago's Debris Survey at Pilots Beach (Beach) and Wellers Rock (Underwater)
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Otago Ltd
- City
- Dunedin
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 21 November, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 28 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -47.931066
Longitude: 170.332031
- Weather Conditions
-
High Winds coming from both SW and NE. A bit of rain on a couple of the days.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–19.2 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 24151 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- kelp
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 9 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 12 |
| Plastic Fragments | 34 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 9 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 15 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 8 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
We dive this site regularly and pick up debris each time we dive so that is why it is fairly clean.
Toddlers cloth book
plastic fragments
wood fragments
Comments and Feedback
Thanks to all those divers who showed up for the clean up and made an effort to keep our underwater environment clean.
