Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS367 - PADI Beach
8 June, 2018
- Team Leader
- Pieter Van wyk
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 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
- 8 June, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.169492
Longitude: 109.307799
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly sunny in morning and a bit cloudy and windy in afternoon, some small raining as well
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 400 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 17 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 14 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 44 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 24 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 11 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Juvenile Frogfish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Net with rocks attached to it |
Comments and Feedback
This Dive Against Debris was our action for World Oceans day 2018, and we also organised a shore clean up at the dive site with a team of volunteers (as you can see on pictures)!
