Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS184 - Gold Coast Seaway
4 January, 2018
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 16.9 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
- 4 January, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 52 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
Fair
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–15 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 297 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 12 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 166 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
High usage area.
Wheel
Fishing Line
Lead Sinkers
Hooks
Comments and Feedback
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