Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS541 - Middle Reef
21 November, 2019
- Team Leader
- Ana Mestek
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.1 kgs (measured)
-8.1420095827232, 114.65578438045
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS541 - Middle Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Easy Divers Bali
- City
- Pemuteran
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 21 November, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -8.1420095827232
Longitude: 114.65578438045
- Weather Conditions
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Extremely low tide, sunny, a bit windy, small waves, no rain.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–11 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 427 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- sand, grass, coral
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 59 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 1 |
| Diapers/nappies | 4 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 15 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 49 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 16 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cigarette box | 1 |
| Sanitary pad | 1 |
Additional Information
The seasons are changing and we are about to see more and more trash come in during the winter months (especially after storms). For now, however, the trash is mainly floating on the surface.
Inner layer of a shoe
Single-use plastic/grocery bags
Food wrappers (plastic)
Food wrappers (aluminium)
Comments and Feedback
We'd like to thank our guests Lorenzo, Stijn, Victoria, and Maaike who happily lent us a helping hand.
We actually expected to find more trash, this is why we focused on a smaller area. But the actual amount of debris was quite low. Mostly it's the tiny plastic fragments (on their way to becoming microplastic) that's the biggest problem, as everybody goes to pick out bigger, more obvious things.
