Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Waikato River -Cherry Island
7 October, 2015
- Team Leader
- Nicholas Wyatt
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 kgs (estimated)
-38.678757, 176.083279
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Waikato River -Cherry Island
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Auckland Scuba S19284
- City
- Taupo
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 7 October, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.678757
Longitude: 176.083279
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain but no wind.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 12716 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- gravel
- Ecosystem
- River bed. Gravel and rock
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 11 |
| Balls | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 14 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 4 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Go Pro Camera | 1 |
Additional Information
The river was clear of most light material as this would be swept downstream with the fast moving current.
Go Pro Camera - Still working.
Plastic bags - entanglement hazards for trout, catfish and koura
Bottles - broken create a hazard for swimmers
batteries - leaking acid
Comments and Feedback
This was a great clean up to do with a group of enthusiastic and fun divers at a great dive site. I was pleased to see that - despite the stretch of the Waikato River that we dived being only a few minutes from the centre of town - the river was surprisingly clean.
