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Jemeluk Bay Karangasem Bali

19 July, 2019

Team Leader
Calypso Parley
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
28 kgs (measured)

-8.3381225714738, 115.66024651329

Survey Information

Location Name
Jemeluk Bay Karangasem Bali
Organization/Dive Centre
Calypso Diving, Parley Oceans, Trash Heroes Amed
City
Jemeluk
Country
Indonesia
Date
19 July, 2019
Survey Duration
43 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -8.3381225714738
Longitude: 115.66024651329
Weather Conditions
Sunny weather 29 degrees Celsius, mild breeze
Survey Depth Range
3–18 meters
Area Surveyed
400 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Bags: Trash (plastic) 39
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 16
Cloth Fragments 8
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
Tampons 13

It's a beach with many tourist and the locals have shops / do business here Also the boats to / from the Gili's depart & arrive here. But they don't clean up, just litter !

plastic and nylon fishing lines entangled into coral


Plastic Plastic Plastic Nowadays the shops are no longer allowed to provide plastic bags, but it will take a long time to educate the locals

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