Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Macandrew Bay
18 November, 2017
- Team Leader
- Gina Watts
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 kgs (measured)
-45.868973329413, 170.59655874968
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Macandrew Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Otago Ltd
- City
- Dunedin
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 18 November, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -45.868973329413
Longitude: 170.59655874968
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy but not much rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 0.3–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 55495 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Silty bottom, boating channel
- 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) | 1 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 10 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 7 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 13 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 57 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 2 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 10 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 2 |
| Wood Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
Natural weather patterns so SW and Macandrew Bay is the first stop for the debris from Dunedin. Also because the road is so close to the water people just throw things in from their cars such as bottles.
High heel shoe
glass fragments.
plastic fragments.
metal fragments
Comments and Feedback
Thanks to the great customers who supported the clean up and also the weight of the debris was much less than other years of completing it at Macandrew Bay, so good to see.
