Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS229 - Kadena North Steps
19 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- Kevin "Elvis" King
- Number of Participants
- 49
- Total Debris Collected
- 76 lbs (measured)
26.359741, 127.738512
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS229 - Kadena North Steps
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive the Blues Scuba / Aquatics Nirvana Diving
- City
- Kadena
- Country
- Japan
- Date
- 19 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 47 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.359741
Longitude: 127.738512
- Weather Conditions
-
Light rain with moderate waves, winds mostly offshore, seas building to onshore
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–58 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 13062 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 8 |
| Toothbrushes | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 32 |
| Cigarette Filters | 5 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 13 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 13 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 3 |
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fiberglass | 1 |
| Insulted Wire (rubber coated) | 10 |
| Golf Ball | 1 |
| Rubber Gasket | 6 |
Additional Information
There is a river wash to the sea just north of this dive site.
Small head of an old-fashioned child's doll
Plastic Fragments
Metal Cans
Metal Fragments
Comments and Feedback
Consider adding a line-item for the following: rubber gaskets, rubber molding. We find a lot of those items here.
Handing over this ADS location since I am leaving Okinawa and relocating back to the Continental United States. Matt Lewis and Jessica Mills will be taking this ADS over and intend to carry on the monthly cleanups and surveys.
