Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS142 - Sabang Bay Puerto Galera
22 January, 2018
- Team Leader
- Sabine Henkel
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 5.5 kgs (measured)
13.521685, 120.975398
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS142 - Sabang Bay Puerto Galera
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Asia Divers
- City
- Puerto Galera
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 22 January, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 13.521685
Longitude: 120.975398
- Weather Conditions
-
Cloudy, some rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 600 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 23 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 20 |
| Cigarette Filters | 5 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 16 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fiber glass | 3 |
| Tape | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea Star |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Type of Debris | N/a |
Additional Information
Many items look like boat repair parts...
Joker
Fishing lines
Boat repair parts
Single use plastic
Comments and Feedback
None
This was an amazing dive with lots of creature sightings such as a large great barracuda, 2 pipefish, a frog fish, octopus, cuttlefish, cockatoo wasp fish, moray eels, snake eel, school of baitfish, etc
