Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS396 - Manly Cove
13 September, 2020
- Team Leader
- Richard Nicholls
- Number of Participants
- 28
- Total Debris Collected
- 27 kgs (measured)
-33.7992429, 151.2825684
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS396 - Manly Cove
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Centre Manly
- City
- Manly
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 13 September, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -33.7992429
Longitude: 151.2825684
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1888 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 7 |
| Balloons | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 81 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 61 |
| Gloves (latex) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 33 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| Toothbrushes | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 303 |
| Cigarette Filters | 11 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 13 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 4 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 9 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Gloves (rubber) | 3 |
| Rubber Bands | 5 |
| Rubber Fragments | 32 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 24 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 31 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 9 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tampons | 2 |
| Toys | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cable ties | 56 |
| Soy Sauce fish packets | 10 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | plastic fragments |
Additional Information
N/A
Cable ties
Mentos wrapers
Plastic fragments
