Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Rapid Bay
8 December, 2018
- Team Leader
- Erika Sullivan
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.5 kgs (estimated)
-35.523407108319, 138.18654893172
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Rapid Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Adelaide Scuba
- City
- Adelaide
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 8 December, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -35.523407108319
Longitude: 138.18654893172
- Weather Conditions
-
Choppy
- Survey Depth Range
- 5.5–6.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 411.891 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 2 |
Additional Information
High use by fishermen on Jetty
Squid jig which couldn’t remove as too sharp and couldn’t safely stow
High use of Jetty by fishermen
Nearby caravan park
Boats coming in
Comments and Feedback
Please help us keep Rapid Bay a protected site. It’s one of the only places in the world leafy seadragons are present and if not protected and abused I worry about their and other beautiful sea life’s fate here
Raining day before
