Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Thrower Drive Bridge, Currumbin
29 July, 2024
- Team Leader
- John Pearce
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 kgs (estimated)
-28.135829657929, 153.47617849674
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Thrower Drive Bridge, Currumbin
- Organization/Dive Centre
- UAA
- City
- Currumbin
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 29 July, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -28.135829657929
Longitude: 153.47617849674
- Weather Conditions
-
Fine
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1119.2 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Balls | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 550 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 8 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 136 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sunglasses | 1 |
| Golf ball | 1 |
| Anchor & chain | 1 |
| Wallet | 1 |
| Umbrella | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Mud crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | Happy little camper |
Additional Information
No
Golf ball inside crab pot
Fishing debris
Rubbish
