Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS537 - Rapid Bay
11 May, 2019
- Team Leader
- Erika Sullivan
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
-35.523289330272, 138.19240730267
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS537 - Rapid Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Adelaide Scuba
- City
- Yankalilla
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 11 May, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -35.523289330272
Longitude: 138.19240730267
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy
- Survey Depth Range
- 4.5–6.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3411.11 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
Popular use by fishers and campers nearby
Metal signs from Jetty
Lack of disposal and monitoring
Campers and fishers
Active mining up hill nearby
Comments and Feedback
Need to protect this site for the resident leafy sea dragons. I have submitted an adopt a dive site please consider this site
Rapid Bay Jetty - no
