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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS288 - Terrigal Haven

21 April, 2019

Team Leader
Sue Dengate
Number of Participants
13
Total Debris Collected
19.65 kgs (measured)

-33.44687898251, 151.44959279898

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS288 - Terrigal Haven
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Imports Australia
City
Erina
Country
Australia
Date
21 April, 2019
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -33.44687898251
Longitude: 151.44959279898
Weather Conditions
Calm, low rain, light breeze from NW
Survey Depth Range
1.5–10 meters
Area Surveyed
2900 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Bait Containers, Packaging 3
Balls 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 6
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 4
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Plastic Fragments 66
Cigarette Filters 4
Rope (plastic/nylon) 4
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 13
Beverage Bottles (glass) 7
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Pull Tabs-beverages 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Metal Fragments 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 12
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 2
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 5
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 3
Clothing 1
other materials collected
Spark Plug 1
Bandaids 3
Fibro Fragment 1
Aluminium Sign 1
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Comments Nil found

No, the sea had been calm with low wind during the previous week

Marine Rescue aluminium sign. This would have been washed away during an east coast low storm event and buried under sand. Over time as the sand moves, the sign was uncovered.

Piece of fibro, when dry it is very dangerous

Glass bottles. Every time we conduct DFD we find multiple glass bottles

Fishing lines and lures

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