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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS396 - Manly Cove

7 March, 2021

Team Leader
Genny Hebert
Number of Participants
49
Total Debris Collected
112 kgs (measured)

-33.7992429, 151.2825684

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS396 - Manly Cove
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Centre Manly
City
Manly
Country
Australia
Date
7 March, 2021
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -33.7992429
Longitude: 151.2825684
Weather Conditions
SW wind, 20-25 degrees (C) air temperature, 23-24 degrees (C) water temperature.
Survey Depth Range
3–6 meters
Area Surveyed
18882 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bait Containers, Packaging 6
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 7
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 23
Fishing: Line 3
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 93
Gloves (latex) 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Straws, Stirrers 5
Plastic Fragments 102
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 13
Cars & Car Parts 2
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 2
SCUBA Weights 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 2
Metal Fragments 6
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Bags (cloth) 5
Towels/rags 1
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 5
mixed materials collected
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2
Toys 3
other materials collected
Shovel 1
Shopping trolley 1
Disposable face masks 10
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 3
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris plastic fragments

N/A

Disposable face masks (10), tape cassette (1) and Aldi shopping trolley (1).

Plastic fragments

beverage bottles

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