Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS275 - Mahanga Bay
29 June, 2017
- Team Leader
- Mandy Schouren
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 22 kgs (estimated)
-41.293059, 174.833936
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS275 - Mahanga Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Wellington
- City
- Wellington
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 29 June, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -41.293059
Longitude: 174.833936
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2785.7 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- kelp
- 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) | 4 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 17 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 14 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crabs |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | tyre |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Starfish, limpets |
| Number Entangled | 15 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Tires, crate, bottles |
Additional Information
tyre
fishing lines, sinkers
bottles
Comments and Feedback
Good team work from Dive Wellington & well structured briefing to cover as much of the divesite as possible. Huge crates & big fish nets still to be recovered near the platform. Will need bigger liftbags & more divers to assist recovery.
