Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Dive & Ski HQ
3 May, 2014
- Team Leader
- Claire Murphy
- Number of Participants
- 25
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
-41.316387, 174.807139
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dive & Ski HQ
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive & Ski HQ
- City
- Wellington
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 3 May, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 35 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -41.316387
Longitude: 174.807139
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- mostly silt with a few mussels, urchins and crabs. Not a lot of weed
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 15 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 3 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 9 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 11 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 7 |
| Plastic Fragments | 35 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 45 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 9 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 15 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wallet | 1 |
Additional Information
plastic bags - littering
cans - littering
food wrapper - littering
