Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Curtin Artificial Reef
13 September, 2015
- Team Leader
- Mark Robertson
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 206 kgs (estimated)
-27.110705, 153.366067
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Curtin Artificial Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Go Dive Brisbane
- City
- Moreton Island
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 13 September, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 36 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.110705
Longitude: 153.366067
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 5.5–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 150 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 5 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 46 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 13 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Anchors | 6 |
| Anchor Chain | 40m |
Additional Information
Old Rain coat sailors hat
Fishing Line
Anchors
Comments and Feedback
Our numbers are limited as we dived from a boat, The plan was to cover 3 areas with three groups covering 250sq/m. There was so much debris on one wreck that we spent the entire first dive just removing anchors and fishing line.
We will be planning more trips soon to try and cover more of this site. But it will take many trips to clean as this is a very popular fishing location.
