Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Flinders Pier
21 September, 2013
- Team Leader
- Ocean Divers- Liz Harper and Jimmy Wirtanen
- Number of Participants
- 35
- Total Debris Collected
- 100 kgs (estimated)
-38.475859, 145.028613
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Flinders Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ocean Divers
- City
- Flinders
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 21 September, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.475859
Longitude: 145.028613
- Weather Conditions
-
Partly cloudy 22 degrees, light northerly winds, calm seas.
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 20000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 8 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 6 |
| Balls | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 25 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 105 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 12 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 25 |
| Cigarette Filters | 6 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 95 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 8 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 20 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 16 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 40 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 6 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 4 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 6 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 12 |
| Metal Fragments | 12 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 20 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Gloves (rubber) | 2 |
| Rubber Bands | 12 |
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 12 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 6 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tampons | 1 |
Additional Information
Fishing Lures
Glass bottles
Metal caps
