Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS184 - Gold Coast Seaway
30 July, 2017
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 17.9 kgs (measured)
-27.93664, 153.426301
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS184 - Gold Coast Seaway
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Environmental Divers
- City
- Gold Coast
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 30 July, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
Rough
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 70 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- Man made seaway entrance, rock wall with sand bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 5 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 4 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Balls | 3 |
| Baskets, Crates | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 132 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 16 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 359 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 6 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
Heavily fished area.
Toy
Fishing Line
Lead Sinkers
Hooks
