Just a reminder of what can result from recreational fishing.. 😢 Years of fishing the same spots, snagging and losing line.. it doesn't go away.. much of it swirls around in the currents and becomes thick balls of line.. other line stays strewn across rocks, catching marine life like this beautiful turtle. Entanglement is not a rare occurrence. This is why we clean up under the waterline. And encourage others to do it in their local areas. (Image from several years ago, at Gold Coast seaway. Photo used by permission) #goldcoast #goldcoastseaway #fishing #turtle #PADIAWARE #PADItorchbearer #oceanaction #AWAREimpact #LocalActionGlobalImpact #marineconservation #oceanconservation #marinedebris #saveourseas #saveouroceans #scuba #scubadiving #scubadive #freediving #snorkling #apnea #skindiving #spearfishing #environmentalawareness #protectwhatyoulove #oceanlover #conservation

Got some cheeky rubbish while snorkling at La Balsa Park yesterday arvo. - top off a pylon - bug chunk of foam - few cans - various bits of plastic - 10m of fishing line It's surprisingly easy to get debris while skin/free diving. No need to push yourself and do any serious breath hold.. just take it easy, swim along, duck dive down to your level of comfort and focus on removing loose debris. Be really cool to see more snorklers/freedivers at our clean ups.. or doing their own clean ups around the headlands where it's typically too rough for us on scuba 👌 #sunshinecoast #sunnycoast #gubbigubbicountry #PADIAWARE #PADItorchbearer #oceanaction #AWAREimpact #LocalActionGlobalImpact #marineconservation #oceanconservation #marinedebris #saveourseas #saveouroceans #scuba #scubadiving #scubadive #freediving #snorkling #apnea #skindiving #spearfishing #environmentalawareness #protectwhatyoulove #oceanlover #conservation #fins #sommersofins

Mooloolaba 🐳 entanglement. Picture by SCCUD 2IC @jeminthewild Today, a humpback whale calf was spotted entangled in the useless shark nets at Mooloolaba. Thankfully it has been freed and hopefully it's not too exhausted from the experience. We are sick and tired of these entanglement incidents. 100s of turtles, rays, sharks, dolphins and whales, are caught in these archaic 'shark control' devices each year. They also don't even protect beach users from sharks IT HAS TO END! SCCUD is proud to be supporting the upcoming 'Marathon For Marine Life' (Event link in website). Come along and join the fun run and make noise for marine life and call for the permanent removal of all shark nets. Please consider signing the petition to shark nets in QLD: https://www.change.org/p/queensland-minister-for-fisheries-stop-whale-entanglements-in-shark-nets #whale #humpbackwhale #whalecalf #whaleentanglement #sharknet #mooloolaba #marathonformarineline #sunshinecoast #sunshinecoastmarathon #marinelife #ocean #seashepherd #oceanconservancy #PADIAWARE #netsoutnow

What a fantastic clean up dive on Saturday thank you to all those who attended and support us. We had 11 divers enter the water and managed to collect the following: 450m fishing line 38 sinkers 49 hooks 5 lures 1 plastic fragment 1 broken glass 1 piece of rubber 1 part of head torch 1 piece of clothing. Although we didn't get a ton of debris this just shows us how all our hard work over the past few years has paid off. Also thank to @veefbyfennfoods @thehiddenseawine @sunbutterskincare and of course the wonderful Ian for all your support. Keep an eye out for future events coming soon and come join us and get involved. Bonus point if you have boat as we can get to spots we cant with just scuba where there is a ton of debris. #sccud #marinedebris #oceanaware #sunshinecoast #sunnycoast #padiaware #padifoundation #scuba #cleanup #cleanuptheocean #localactionglobalimpact #marineconservation #enviromentalawe #labalsa #saveourseas #padi #diving #fishing

This Saturday we will be venturing out into the waters at La Balsa, hopefully we find nothing there to clean up but this not often the case. Discarded fishing line and tackle makes up a large portion of what we find. More needs to be done to prevent this. . . . . . . . . #sccud #oceanvibes #marinedebris #oceanawareness #sunshinecoast #sunnycoast #marinedebris #fishing #conservation #padiaware #padi #paditorchbearer #localactionglobalimpact #scuba #protectwhatyoulove #labalsa #saveourseas

The crew representing in our new T shirts down at the Ocean Vibes Festival in peregian Beach Village today. . . . . . . . . . . #sccud #oceanvibes #marinedebris #oceanawearn #padi #diving #scuba #cleanup #cleanuptheocean #sunshinecoast #sunnycoast #marineconservation #enviromentalawereness #adoptadivesite #localactionglobalimpact

Shore clean up in Gladstone. Went for a walk, saw a box, saw rubbish.. picked up box and filled it with rubbish. It's that easy folks 🙌

Utilising boat support at our clean ups has been a massive help. We've been able to get to new spots and remove larger items with increased safety. Shout out to @matt.y.alexander for bringing his boat along at our last event 🙌 #sunshinecoast #sunnycoast #gubbigubbicountry #PADIAWARE #PADItorchbearer #PADI #oceanaction #AWAREimpact #LocalActionGlobalImpact #marineconservation #oceanconservation #marinedebris #saveourseas #saveouroceans #scuba #scubadiving #scubadive #freediving #snorkling #environmentalawareness #protectwhatyoulove #oceanlover #conservation #boat #adoptadivesite #pumicestonepassage #bulcockbeach #caloundra

Welcome to the junkyard This is just a small fraction of the debris at bulcock beach. We are in the process of working with a NFP in accordance with Marine Parks, to have this debris removed and perhaps hopefully replaced with more suitable structure 🙌

SCCUD and @sunshinecoastenvirocouncil are proud to be supporting @scuba_tam and the Marathon For Marine Life! 🌊🐢🦈🐬🐋 This will involve participants signing up for the @sunshinecoastmarathon and all meeting on the day with placards, costumes, etc to then walk/run the event (2km, 5km, 10km, whatever you like) and make noise about Queensland's archaic shark "control" program, e.g the ineffective shark nets and drum lines. This won't be some illegal/disruptive demonstration.. just a fun active way to show your disagreement with the shark control program and a desire to see more effective and humane measures put in place. For the full details, check out our website/bio link and go the to Marathon for Marine Life event link 🦈 https://fb.me/e/48FI3W7Of

Another Tuesday of trivia at @yourmatesbrewing @quizmeisters #triviabutgood Who's joining us next week?

We actually keep a surprising amount of the debris we find.. mostly thanks to artists, researchers, and own own efforts to repurpose/recycle. Every now and then there's a good find we can use ourselves! Like this hammer found on a dive recently that scrubbed up alright 🤘