Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mahanga Bay
4 June, 2016
- Team Leader
- Claire Murphy
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
-41.292475, 174.833068
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mahanga Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive & Ski HQ
- City
- Wellington
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 4 June, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 36 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -41.292475
Longitude: 174.833068
- Weather Conditions
-
Southerly winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Mostly silt/sandy bottom with a small area of kelp in 3m
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
Comments and Feedback
We found 2 octopus inside cans - 1 we returned to the sea as it looked to have eggs with it.
