Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS19 - Camp Cove South - around Green Point
18 June, 2016
- Team Leader
- Rianti Bieler
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 12 kgs (estimated)
-33.840301, 151.277745
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS19 - Camp Cove South - around Green Point
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Underwater Research Group of NSW
- City
- Watsons Bay
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 18 June, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -33.840301
Longitude: 151.277745
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly calm after a massive storm on the previous weekend.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 11 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 8 |
| Fishing: Line | 75 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 17 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 45 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 21 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 13 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 221 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
Fishing and recreational activity in the area, as well as a recent storm that stirred up a lot of debris.
The number of lead sinkers was unusually high -- most of them came from one spot.
Fishing line and lures
Plastic fragments from recreational activities
