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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS438 - La Balsa Park

15 September, 2018

Team Leader
Elliot Peters
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
39.2 kgs (measured)

-26.685882, 153.13448

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS438 - La Balsa Park
Organization/Dive Centre
Sunshine Coast Clean Up Divers
City
Buddina
Country
Australia
Date
15 September, 2018
Survey Duration
100 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -26.685882
Longitude: 153.13448
Weather Conditions
Light rain
Survey Depth Range
1–6 meters
Area Surveyed
11946.9 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 18
Cigarette Lighters 1
Fishing: Line 64
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 16
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 10
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 4
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 13
Cigarette Filters 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 7
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 23
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Pipes & Rebar 6
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 9
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 258
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 12
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
other materials collected
Velcro 1
Tennis ball 1
Golf ball 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Decorator Crab
Number Entangled 1
Status injured
Type of Debris Fishing line
Comments Uninjured during un-entanglement process. But already had lost 3 legs.

No

Fishing gear

Fish traps


It is a shallow estuary along a popular park and fishing area. Dives here can easily last 3 hours, please stop editing the time length of my entries.

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