Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Whitianga Wharf
8 August, 2023
- Team Leader
- Ryan Hansen
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 500 kgs (measured)
-36.833063394643, 175.70887224688
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Whitianga Wharf
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Zone Whitianga
- City
- Whitianga
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 8 August, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -36.833063394643
Longitude: 175.70887224688
- Weather Conditions
-
Fine
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3053.25 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sandy/mud bottom
- 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) | 18 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 55 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 28 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 8 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 14 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 17 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 17 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 19 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 2 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 5 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 34 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 34 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 5 |
| Tires/tyres | 22 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 6 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 16 |
| Towels/rags | 21 |
| Cloth Fragments | 16 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 5 |
| Clothing | 3 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 3 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| shopping trolley | 1 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| speargun | 1 |
Additional Information
Humans
Shopping trolley
Bicycles
Fishing equipment
tyres
Comments and Feedback
Thanks to the surface crew and local boats!
