Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Boboca Diving Club House Reef
24 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- Frans V. Rattu
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 kgs (estimated)
1.4609040504777542, 124.79254245758057
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Boboca Diving Club House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Politeknik Negeri Manado
- City
- Manado
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 24 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 1.4609040504777542
Longitude: 124.79254245758057
- Weather Conditions
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Some Rainy days, sometime windy, but it can be sunny and clear day
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
plastic materials collected | |
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Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 22 |
Bags: Trash (plastic) | 34 |
Balloons | 2 |
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 7 |
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
Caps & Lids (plastic) | 17 |
Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
Cigarette Lighters | 4 |
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 8 |
Diapers/nappies | 7 |
Food Wrappers (plastic) | 11 |
Straws, Stirrers | 11 |
Toothbrushes | 5 |
Plastic Fragments | 18 |
Rope (plastic/nylon) | 6 |
glass materials collected | |
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Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
metal materials collected | |
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Aerosol/spray Cans | 2 |
Appliances: Household | 4 |
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 7 |
Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
Metal Fragments | 9 |
rubber materials collected | |
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Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
Rubber Fragments | 2 |
cloth materials collected | |
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Bags (cloth) | 3 |
Towels/rags | 2 |
Cloth Fragments | 7 |
mixed materials collected | |
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Clothing | 8 |
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 11 |
Toys | 5 |
Additional Information
Close by to the dive site (approx. 250m) there a small river which pass through bus terminals and villages. I suspect people throw their trashes to this small river
mineral water plastic cups
diapers
plastic sachets
Comments and Feedback
This location needs more dives against debris .. It's a popular shore dive site in Manado City which offers pretty good dive condition with a lot of Artificial reefs