Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Oriental Beach
22 April, 2017
- Team Leader
- Mandy Schouren
- Number of Participants
- 18
- Total Debris Collected
- 310 kgs (measured)
-41.289531411692, 174.78978427874
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Oriental Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Wellington
- City
- Wellington
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 22 April, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -41.289531411692
Longitude: 174.78978427874
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4098.06 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- sand ecosystem
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 320 |
| Balls | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 17 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 6 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 17 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 4 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 65 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 33 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 5 |
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 2 |
| Tires/tyres | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 9 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sun Chair | 1 |
| Wheelie Bin | 1 |
| Shopping trolley | 1 |
| road cones | 6 |
| Sunglasses | 4 |
| Plastic Paddle | 1 |
| Skateboard | 1 |
| Babies dummy | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | blennies, triple fins |
| Number Entangled | 6 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | tyres |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crabs, hermitcrabs, seasquirts, sea hare |
| Number Entangled | 31 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Tires, bottles, cones |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Octopuses, starfish, seacucumbers |
| Number Entangled | 21 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | bottles, tires, cones, sunchair, wheelie bin |
Additional Information
Sun Chair, skate board
soft plastic
tires
roadcones
