Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Gold Coast Seaway
25 January, 2016
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 36.5 kgs (measured)
-27.93664, 153.426301
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Gold Coast Seaway
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Environmental Divers
- City
- Brisbane
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 25 January, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 98 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
FINE
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- Man made seaway entrance, rock wall with sand bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
plastic materials collected | |
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Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
Bait Containers, Packaging | 7 |
Balloons | 3 |
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 5 |
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 9 |
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 9 |
Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
Carpet (synthetic) | 5 |
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 7 |
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
Diapers/nappies | 1 |
Fishing: Line | 15000 |
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 47 |
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 5 |
Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
Straws, Stirrers | 19 |
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 7 |
Plastic Fragments | 12 |
Cigarette Filters | 9 |
Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
Rope (plastic/nylon) | 9 |
glass materials collected | |
---|---|
Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 7 |
Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
metal materials collected | |
---|---|
Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 9 |
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 11 |
Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
Pull Tabs-beverages | 7 |
Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
Wrappers (foil/metal) | 6 |
Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2176 |
rubber materials collected | |
---|---|
Rubber Fragments | 8 |
wood materials collected | |
---|---|
Wood Fragments | 1 |
cloth materials collected | |
---|---|
Bags (cloth) | 1 |
Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
Towels/rags | 5 |
Cloth Fragments | 4 |
paper materials collected | |
---|---|
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 7 |
Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 17 |
mixed materials collected | |
---|---|
Clothing | 7 |
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Toys | 1 |
other materials collected | |
---|---|
Hats | 1 |
Sunglasses | 5 |
Additional Information
Fishing Line
Lead
Hooks