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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS367 - PADI Beach

2 March, 2018

Team Leader
Guillaume Gallier
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
9 kgs (estimated)

12.169492, 109.307799

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS367 - PADI Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Sailing Club Divers
City
Nha Trang
Country
Vietnam
Date
2 March, 2018
Survey Duration
91 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.169492
Longitude: 109.307799
Weather Conditions
Good: sun, low wind and no rain
Survey Depth Range
2–5 meters
Area Surveyed
950 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 6
Food Wrappers (plastic) 5
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 14
Plastic Fragments 34
Rope (plastic/nylon) 41
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 4

We are now at the end of low season here, prevailing winds for the last three months were from North so all the debris ending up in this little bay...

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