Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS438 - La Balsa Park
28 October, 2018
- Team Leader
- Elliot Peters
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 112.4 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
- 28 October, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -26.685882
Longitude: 153.13448
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1166.46 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 151 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 20 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 6 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 96 |
| Cigarette Filters | 23 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 22 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 4 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 44 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 766 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Tires/tyres | 6 |
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 26 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Synthetic rubber (Boat trailer wheels) | 11 |
| 2 Styrofoam pieces | 1 |
| Boat trailer crank | 1 |
| Soy sauce fish | 1 |
| Half of eyeglasses | 1 |
| Measuring tape | 1 |
| Bike | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Rock Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | 2cm crab entangled in a big tumbleweed of fishing line/gear |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Pencil Urchin |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | Covered in a ball of fishing line |
Additional Information
No
Measuring tape
Fishing line and tackle
Tyres
Comments and Feedback
Tyres had mostly fallen off the retaining walls along the river, which are to lessen damage to vessels. We reported this directly to the local officials. They have informed us they are now looking to remove all the tyres and put in place something more suitable
Site is an estuary with popular parks and fishing spots.
