Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS164 - Shark Point
8 October, 2018
- Team Leader
- Andy Lua
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 4.2 kgs (measured)
5.884533, 102.74787
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS164 - Shark Point
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Shark Friend
- City
- Perhentian Island
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 8 October, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 51 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.884533
Longitude: 102.74787
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, mild surge
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- 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-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 9 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope | 1 |
Additional Information
O I SEA DIVING academy Wednesday debris clean-up dive, exchange your debris for MYR10 dive credit with every 1kg debris collected from the sea floor.
Fishing line
Comments and Feedback
Fishing is illegal here as it was allocated as marine park area in 1991. Yet, we've found fishing materials most of the times.
Unable to remove: 1 concrete block (estimated at 40kg) 1 entangled fishing net *both photo attached
