Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Gold Coast Seaway
9 May, 2016
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 44 kgs (measured)
-27.93664, 153.426301
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Gold Coast Seaway
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Environmental Divers
- City
- Brisbane
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 9 May, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 200 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
Good
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 40 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- Man made seaway entrance, rock wall with sand bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 7 |
| Fishing: Line | 15000 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1215 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 6 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 6 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Anchors | 2 |
| Pieces of Boat | 4 |
| Computer Laptop | 1 |
Additional Information
Fishing Line
Lead
Hooks
