Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS260 - Rimba House Reef
29 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- John Marshall
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 14 kgs (measured)
2.232023, 104.059369
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS260 - Rimba House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Hi-Tide Divers
- City
- Rimba Resort, Pulau Sibu
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 29 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 44 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 2.232023
Longitude: 104.059369
- Weather Conditions
-
Tropical weather with 1 hour random thunder showers. The last two days days have been rainy and windy.
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
Additional Information
Monsoon season brings in a lot of ocean trash.
Syringe
Nets- They entangle themselves around the coral. Large sections of coral had gone white where the nets had been.
Plastic bags- We have a local turtle population that are at risk of eating them and they also get caught in the coral.
Rope- The coral attaches to it and then gets destroyed when swells come through and pull the rope up.
Comments and Feedback
It was an awesome early morning dive, our house reef is looking really good, but there is a lot more to do. I cannot wait for the next dive against debris.
