Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS288 - Terrigal Haven
9 December, 2019
- Team Leader
- Sue Dengate
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
-33.44687898251, 151.44959279898
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS288 - Terrigal Haven
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Imports Australia
- City
- Terrigal
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 9 December, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -33.44687898251
Longitude: 151.44959279898
- Weather Conditions
-
Rough and surgy
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2107.51 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Balls | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 12 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 17 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bandaid | 1 |
| Tennis racket | 1 |
| Plastic necklace | 1 |
Additional Information
Increase in bait traffic as most debris would have been from boats
Tennis racket
Beneath moored boats
Caught in weed
Half buried in sand
Comments and Feedback
We suspect that more debris was buried beneath the sand
