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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS184 - Gold Coast Seaway

3 January, 2018

Team Leader
Kelly Fletcher
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
8.4 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
3 January, 2018
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
Weather Conditions
Fair
Survey Depth Range
1–8 meters
Area Surveyed
400 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
Man made seaway entrance, rock wall with sand bottom
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Plastic Fragments 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 4
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 122
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 6
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2

Highly used area.

Clothing

Fishing Line

Lead Sinkers

Hooks


Fishing Gear Breakdown - Hard Lures - 2 Soft Lures - 1 Swivels - 26 Hooks - 27 Sinkers - 61 Trace - 5

Solo Snorkel on the Shelf from the Lighthouse point to South West Beach cleaning the shelf and rocks in the shallows on the way through. Unfortunately on a solo Snorkel I have no where to clip off a Camera and do not have enough hands so there are no in water shots of this adventure.

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