Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Murrays Bay
14 September, 2013
- Team Leader
- Andy Stewart
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 kgs (estimated)
-36.733041, 174.754255
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Murrays Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Performance Diver
- City
- Auckland
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 14 September, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 150 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -36.733041
Longitude: 174.754255
- Weather Conditions
-
Heavy rain earlier in the week
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 25000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 10 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 10 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 30 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 6 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 12 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 8 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 20 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| leather hat | 1 |
| prescription glasses | 1 |
Additional Information
prescription glasses
batteries
bits of metal
beverage bottles
Comments and Feedback
The visibility in the water was poor due to heavy rain prior to the day of the dive. We suspect we would have recovered a lot more rubbish had the visibility been better.
