Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS338 - Mordialloc Pier
21 October, 2017
- Team Leader
- Jack Holihan
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 14.5 kgs (estimated)
-38.01056, 145.084403
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS338 - Mordialloc Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Academy of Scuba
- City
- Camberwell
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 21 October, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.01056
Longitude: 145.084403
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–4.1 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 90 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sponge Garden
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Balls | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 6 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 2 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 32 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fabric cushion | 2 |
| Scissors | 2 |
| Frisbee | 1 |
| Bottle opener | 1 |
Additional Information
A clamp and a selection of golf balls.
Knives - hazardous to organisms
Batteries - hazardous to ecosystem
Fishing line with lures and jigs - entanglement
