Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Murrays Bay
17 October, 2015
- Team Leader
- Andy Stewart
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 7 kgs (estimated)
-36.73214, 174.755077
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Murrays Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Performance Diver
- City
- Auckland
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 17 October, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 80 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -36.73214
Longitude: 174.755077
- Weather Conditions
-
Light winds and minimal rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 400 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 7 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 12 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Golf ball | 1 |
| Electric razor | 1 |
| sunglasses | 1 |
Additional Information
Laptop and electric razor
fishing lures and fishing gear
Comments and Feedback
Really great to get positive feedback from locals who have seen us cleaning up this site a number of times now. Was also really great to find much less rubbish than we though we would :-)
