Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Camp Cove Middle Reef & South Side
30 August, 2015
- Team Leader
- Yanir Seroussi
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 7 kgs (estimated)
-33.839664, 151.2781
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Camp Cove Middle Reef & South Side
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Underwater Research Group of New South Wales
- City
- Watsons Bay
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 30 August, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -33.839664
Longitude: 151.2781
- Weather Conditions
-
Some rain and storms, then two clear days
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10000 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) | 12 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 16 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 20 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 30 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 20 |
| Plastic Fragments | 100 |
| Cigarette Filters | 35 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 50 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 10 |
| Metal Fragments | 100 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 120 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 5 |
| Rubber Fragments | 20 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 17 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Curtain rod | 1 |
| Wheelie bin - didn't remove | 5 |
Additional Information
- Fishing activity - Recreational beach use - Storm stirring up rubbish
Curtain rod and 5 wheelie bins
Plastic wrappers, bags and straws
Fishing gear
Styrofoam
