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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS498 - Tuncurry Breakwall

3 October, 2019

Team Leader
Gabby Hunter
Number of Participants
9
Total Debris Collected
180 kgs (estimated)

-32.17438, 152.504448

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS498 - Tuncurry Breakwall
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Forster at Fisherman's Wharf
City
Forster
Country
Australia
Date
3 October, 2019
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -32.17438
Longitude: 152.504448
Weather Conditions
Fine
Survey Depth Range
1–6 meters
Area Surveyed
945 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Balls 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 3
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 18
Beverage Bottles (glass) 76
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Pipes & Rebar 3
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 4
Metal Fragments 9
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
other materials collected
Beach chair 1
Plastic wharf building material 2

Beach Chair

Fishing line - marine life getting tangled

Broken glass - people swimming

Plastic bag - marine life


Glass bottles have ripped the last of our D.A.D bags, currently looking for another alternative

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