Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS275 - Mahanga Bay
31 May, 2017
- Team Leader
- Mandy Schouren
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 kgs (estimated)
-41.293059, 174.833936
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS275 - Mahanga Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Wellington
- City
- Wellington
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 31 May, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -41.293059
Longitude: 174.833936
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 695.27 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 26 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 13 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pallets | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Triple fin |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | bottle |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | meshbag |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | bottle |
Additional Information
Plate
condom wrap
fishing line
tin cans
