Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS416 - Sanur Dog Point

26 June, 2018

Team Leader
Karl Singery
Number of Participants
14
Total Debris Collected
17 kgs (measured)

-8.7091355406937, 115.26753113444

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS416 - Sanur Dog Point
Organization/Dive Centre
Dune - Atlantis
City
Sanur - Denpasar
Country
Indonesia
Date
26 June, 2018
Survey Duration
57 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -8.7091355406937
Longitude: 115.26753113444
Weather Conditions
Strong wind and big tides causing a lot of trash to be dragged in and out from the coast, beach in Sanur and stuck in the reefs around.
Survey Depth Range
2.5–9 meters
Area Surveyed
300 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 13
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 15
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 5
Diapers/nappies 8
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Foam Insulation & Packaging 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 40
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Tampon Applicators 6
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 61
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Pipes & Rebar 1
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
other materials collected
sun glasses glasses

Reef close to a very populated area where waste management and recycling is not conducted properly. Strong winds carrying plastics and other trashes into the ocean. Strong tides creating an accumulation of trash in the small reefs around that area.

Truck Tire.

plastic fragments. A lot of single used plastics that are throw directly after use. easely carried out by the wind.

food wrappers. Single used food packaging in plastic and other forms thrown and carried out by the wind.

diapers.

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?