Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Flinders Pier
20 July, 2017
- Team Leader
- Mike Valle
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 1.8 kgs (estimated)
-38.475563109209, 145.02627423964
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Flinders Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Academy of Scuba
- City
- Melbourne
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 20 July, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.475563109209
Longitude: 145.02627423964
- Weather Conditions
-
Intermittently windy, with some rain and stronger winds picking up towards the end of the week.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 7494.48 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 7 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing reel | 1 |
Additional Information
Debris at the pier has mostly been discarded by the public, rather than being washed in from anywhere else. Most of the fishing lures, lines and squid jigs are discarded by fishermen.
Foam insulation and a fishing reel.
Squid Jigs
Fishing lures
Fishing line
Comments and Feedback
It is awesome to see such a small pile of debris collected from beneath Flinders pier, especially because Flinders is one of Melbourne's most famous pier dive sites. Regardless, every piece of debris counts and contributes to the greater problem facing the ocean; and so every action taken against it, no matter how large or small, is fantastic. Thank you to all divers who participated, especially considering the unfavorable conditions on the day. You are awesome!
