Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS142 - Sabang Bay Puerto Galera
1 July, 2017
- Team Leader
- Sabine Henkel
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 38 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
- 1 July, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 13.521685
Longitude: 120.975398
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and hot with occasional rain in evening
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 200 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 14 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 3 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 11 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 14 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 6 |
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 20 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Boat engine transmission belts | 5 |
| Plastic fencing | 5 |
Additional Information
Fishing in the area - directly at dive site - also with lines of multiple hooks attached.
Plastic fencing and fishing lines with multiple hooks
Fishing lines
Plastic wrappers
glass bottles
Comments and Feedback
This Dive Against Debris was conducted in conjunction with the Instructor Development at Asia Divers. Fun divers, IDC candidates, a videographer and a professional photographer joined us on this dive. 75% of participants were already Dive Against Debris certified.
