Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Gordon's Bay
18 October, 2015
- Team Leader
- Yanir Seroussi
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 7 kgs (estimated)
-33.916423, 151.263531
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Gordon's Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Underwater Research Group of New South Wales
- City
- Clovelly
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 18 October, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -33.916423
Longitude: 151.263531
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly clear, some rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–15.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- Sand, rock, and seagrass
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Balls | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 11 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 7 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 5 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 40 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 10 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 40 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 5 |
| Rubber Fragments | 30 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 9 |
Additional Information
Recreational activity in the area
Driver's licence from 1999, office chair wheel
Plastic bottles
Food containers and packaging
Comments and Feedback
Video from the cleanup: https://vimeo.com/142760713
