Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS184 - Gold Coast Seaway
2 January, 2018
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 9.8 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
- 2 January, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
Northerlies coupled with a King Tide.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 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) | 3 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 274 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 199 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Queensland Trailer Number Plate | 1 |
Additional Information
Heavily Fished Area. King Tide.
Queensland Trailer Number Plate
Fishing Line
Lead Sinkers
Hooks
Comments and Feedback
Day 2 - King Tide. Kelz, Mick and Nate diving. The Graffiti on the South West Wall Platform was removed within 24hrs of reporting it.
Fishing Debris Breakdown - Swivels - 42 Hooks - 67 Hard Lures - 1 Soft Lures - 2 Sinkers - 73 Wire Trace - 14
