Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS275 - Mahanga Bay
13 December, 2017
- Team Leader
- Mandy
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (estimated)
-41.292354, 174.83318
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS275 - Mahanga Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Wellington
- City
- Wellington
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 13 December, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -41.292354
Longitude: 174.83318
- Weather Conditions
-
Great
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1657.6 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 20 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Star Fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
Additional Information
No
Bone
Fishing line
Carpet
Bottles with things inside
Comments and Feedback
Great last clean up dive with the team before everyone departs!
Beautiful site, please stop leaving fishing line
