Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Gold Coast Seaway
13 March, 2016
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 19 kgs (measured)
-27.93664, 153.426301
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Gold Coast Seaway
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Environmental Divers
- City
- Brisbane
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 13 March, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
Fair
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 30 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Balloons | 2 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 50000 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 11 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 7 |
| Plastic Fragments | 25 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 741 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 7 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 12 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Surfboard Straps | 4 |
| Grinding Disc | 1 |
| Queensland Fisheries Shark Drum Line | 1 |
Additional Information
Shark Drum Line
Fishing Line
Lead
Hooks
