Blue Ocean Club ~ 2016 Dive Against Debris™

On Sunday 29 May 2016, Blue Ocean Club launched the Hong Kong diving season with a “Dive Against Debris™” at Bluff Island near Sai Kung, Hong Kong with 32 divers taking part.

The day was hot and sunny with good sea conditions and water temperature of 26°C. After a visit to a local Tin Hau Temple, the clean-up teams received a briefing about safety and environmental issues and also about the local coral ecosystem before jumping in to start the clean-up.

The dive site, locally known as Ung Kong Wan, is a shallow sandy bay and is popular with local divers as well as pleasure boats. The east side of the bay features an excellent fringing coral reef with a wide variety of hard coral species and associated marine life and is a protected no-anchor zone. Large schools of damselfish and rabbitfish, small groupers and even seahorses were spotted by divers on the day.

Over the course of two dives, the dive teams conducted a successful clean-up operation with 28kg of litter collected. The most common item of litter was plastics and packaging, a stark reminder of the importance of reducing waste and consuming responsibly.

藍海俱樂部 ~ 2016打擊海洋垃圾潛水計畫™

藍海俱樂部於2016年5月29日籌辦了本年度首次Dive Against Debris™ 打擊海洋垃圾潛水計畫，當日共有32名潛水員參加在西貢附近沙塘口的水底清潔活動。

該潛水地點在本港被稱為甕缸灣，是一個深受潛水員以及遊艇喜愛的沙灘同時也是香港漁護署定為不宜碇泊區。海灣東面有一個極好的珊瑚礁與各種各樣的硬珊瑚以及海洋生物 。當日潛水員看到一大群雀鯛 (Damselfishes) 和籃子魚 (Rabbitfishes)，小石斑魚甚至海馬 。

在進行兩次下潛清潔工作後，潛水隊成功收集約28公斤垃圾。垃圾最常見的項目是塑膠和包裝袋，清楚的提醒大家減少浪費和消耗的重要性。