Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ti Point, Leigh, New Zealand
14 August, 2021
- Team Leader
- Martin Ruddy
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
-36.317525, 174.78418
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ti Point, Leigh, New Zealand
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 14 August, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -36.317525
Longitude: 174.78418
- Weather Conditions
-
Westerly wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 450 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- gravel
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 3 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fragnents of old bottles (bottom) | 5 |
| Makeshift kayak anchors. Plastic bottle with cement | 2 |
| Fridge cooling element | 1 |
Additional Information
Although the site has been cleaned many times beofre, it looks like strong winter currents have moved top sand exposing more rubbish
What looks like a fridge cooling element?
Comments and Feedback
Lots of fragments of plastic and bottles
