Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Gold Coast Seaway
21 August, 2016
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 3
- 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
- 21 August, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 141 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
Fair
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 90 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 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 9000 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 791 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 15 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 3 |
Additional Information
Fishing Line
Lead
Hooks
