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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Wellers Rock/Monarch Wharf

16 June, 2020

Team Leader
Madison Baker
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
1.9 kgs (measured)

-45.797897739358, 170.71562776378

Survey Information

Location Name
Wellers Rock/Monarch Wharf
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Otago, Dunedin
City
Dunedin
Country
New Zealand
Date
16 June, 2020
Survey Duration
21 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -45.797897739358
Longitude: 170.71562776378
Weather Conditions
30 knot winds, rough
Survey Depth Range
5–12 meters
Area Surveyed
25 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Cotton Bud Sticks 1
Fishing: Line 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 5
Plastic Fragments 2
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Toys 1
other materials collected
Pliers 1
Styrofoam 1

Monarch Wharf - Tourism

Pliers

Food wrappers


Glass bottle and Battery - didn’t pick them up because of marine life.

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