Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Macandrew Bay
21 September, 2013
- Team Leader
- Emma Young
- Number of Participants
- 42
- Total Debris Collected
- 156.5 kgs (measured)
-45.869334, 170.594673
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Macandrew Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Otago Ltd
- City
- Dunedin
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 21 September, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 150 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -45.869334
Longitude: 170.594673
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–2 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 573161 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Sand, rock edges with kelp
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 15 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 23 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 23 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Cigar Tips | 10 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 4 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 8 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 5 |
| Toothbrushes | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 26 |
| Cigarette Filters | 24 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 5 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2351 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 5 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 14 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 31 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 5 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 15 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 10 |
| Metal Fragments | 22 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 10 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 5 |
| Cloth Fragments | 13 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 45 |
| Clothing | 7 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 5 |
| Toys | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Road Cones | 4 |
Additional Information
A stream restoration and clean up took place a couple of months ago and they found a lot of rubbish so this also has floated down into the bay.
Pogo Stick
Glass pieces
Plastic bags
Plastic Fragments
Comments and Feedback
Nope well organised with the paperwork etc for us to use made it really easy.
This is a busy area in the summer for beach users and the local yacht club, was nice to see some marine life such as nudibranchs and sea horses spotted on our clean up day!
