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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS184 - Gold Coast Seaway

1 January, 2018

Team Leader
Kelly Fletcher
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
7.2 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
1 January, 2018
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
Weather Conditions
Northerlies - stirring up the vis and pushing some cold dirty water through.
Survey Depth Range
1–8 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
plastic materials collected
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 147
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Plastic Fragments 6
Cigarette Filters 9
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 133
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
other materials collected
Bike Helmet Plastic Outter 1

Heavily Fished Area

Bicycle Helmet Outter

Fishing Line

Lead Sinkers

Hooks


Snorkel / Freedive to kick off 365 Diveable Days of Debris and clean the shelf between the Platforms. Absolutely disgusted to find the newly finished Dive Platform and been vandalised on New Years Eve.

Fishing Gear Breakdown - Hooks - 31 Sinkers - 76 Soft Lures - 6 Hard Lures - 5 Swivels - 14 Metal Trace - 1

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