Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS541 - Middle Reef
15 May, 2019
- Team Leader
- Ana Mestek
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 7.2 kgs (measured)
-8.1417061860902, 114.65579459678
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS541 - Middle Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Easy Divers Bali
- City
- Pemuteran
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 15 May, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -8.1417061860902
Longitude: 114.65579459678
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly clear, one night of rain, a bit of wind.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–19 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1280 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- sand, sea grass, 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) | 15 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 9 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Diapers/nappies | 8 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 30 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 2 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fiberglass piece from a boat | 1 |
Additional Information
Waves during the night, getting stronger and higher throughout the day.
A large piece of insulating foam.
Food/product wrappings
Plastic bags
Diapers
Comments and Feedback
We regularly clean this dive site. Here, fishing is allowed (unlike at the neighbouring reef Biorock/Artificial Reef).
We expect to clean this site again in the coming week as higher waves undoubtedly brought in more debris.
