Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS204 - Rye Pier
10 December, 2016
- Team Leader
- Oliver Payne
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (estimated)
-38.368509, 144.822348
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS204 - Rye Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 10 December, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.368509
Longitude: 144.822348
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, but slightly windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Cigarette Filters | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 12 |
| Metal Fragments | 20 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clay Pipe, circa 1900 | 1 |
Additional Information
High tides broke a part of the pier, which I believe led to the metal we found
Clay pipe, circa 1900, which was given to one of the divers to take to the local maritime museum
Metal rebar and fragments
