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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Ti Point

21 February, 2015

Team Leader
Nicholas Wyatt
Number of Participants
16
Total Debris Collected
200 kgs (estimated)

-36.317848, 174.784048

Survey Information

Location Name
Ti Point
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive HQ Albany & Dive HQ Hibiscus Coast
City
Auckland
Country
New Zealand
Date
21 February, 2015
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -36.317848
Longitude: 174.784048
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
1–8 meters
Area Surveyed
3550 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 11
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Baskets, Crates 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 2
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 8
Cigarette Lighters 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 18
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 11
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Straws, Stirrers 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 3
Plastic Fragments 2
Cigarette Filters 6
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Jars-food (glass) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 4
Beverage Bottles (glass) 26
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 5
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 9
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 6
Pipes & Rebar 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Metal Fragments 1
Batteries: Car Or Boat 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 17
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Rubber Bands 2
Tires/tyres 4
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 3
Pallets 1
Wood Fragments 3
Fishing: Traps & Pots 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 2
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 7
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 3
Clothing 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 4
Toys 1
other materials collected
Fooseball table 1

Fooseball table

Car Batteries - leaking acids

Plastic Bags - choking and suffocating hazards

Fish Traps - constant cycle of trapping fish which die and decay, attracting more fish


This site is best dived at high slack water. There is a strong tidal flow at other times

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