Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Eastern Beach Geelong
26 October, 2024
- Team Leader
- Ting Ting Lee
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 65 kgs (estimated)
-38.145852859815, 144.37357745918
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Eastern Beach Geelong
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Australian Diving Instruction
- City
- Geelong
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 26 October, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.145852859815
Longitude: 144.37357745918
- Weather Conditions
-
Fair, sunny, low wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- artificial structure, pylons
- 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) | 6 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 8 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 8 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 28 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 15 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 23 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 23 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| vape | 6 |
| Lipstick | 1 |
| Traffic cone | 1 |
| Apple Watch | 1 |
| Car Key | 1 |
| Hat/Cap | 6 |
| Swimming Goggles | 5 |
| Scissors | 2 |
Additional Information
Popular tourist boardwalk
Traffic cone, Apple watch, Car key
Clothing: popular swimming enclosure with diving platform, clothing can be blown off the boardwalk.
Beverage containers: popular tourist attraction & local picnic area
Plastic: could get blown off the boardwalk or beach.
