Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS541 - Middle Reef
18 December, 2019
- Team Leader
- Ana Mestek
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 12 kgs (estimated)
-8.1420095827232, 114.65578438045
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS541 - Middle Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Easy Divers Bali
- City
- Pemuteran
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 18 December, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 52 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -8.1420095827232
Longitude: 114.65578438045
- Weather Conditions
-
Partially cloudy, smooth waves, some rain.
- Survey Depth Range
- 0.5–2 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 612 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- sand, sea grass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 280 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 21 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 2 |
| Diapers/nappies | 13 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 82 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 20 |
| Plastic Fragments | 13 |
| Cigarette Filters | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 16 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 71 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Female hygenic product | 11 |
| Matchbox | 1 |
| Metal brush with wooden handle | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea urchin |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | plastic bags |
| Comments | The sea urchin, who likes to decorate himself, had quite a marvellous selection of plastic attached to itself. We are sure he'll be more pleased with natural materials though. |
Additional Information
Beginning of rainy season; the trash comes in from the open ocean.
Metal brush with wooden handle.
Plastic bags
Food wrappings
Diapers/Straws
Comments and Feedback
We are seeing more plastic straws than before. We believe they are not local as a bill forbidding plastic straws was passed a couple of months ago in Bali and local businesses have adopted it quickly by offering bamboo, metal and paper alternatives.
The survey was done in two dives by one person in a buddy pair. I only picked up trash in the shallow part of the dive and I was overwhelmed. Most of it stays between -0.5 and -2 m.
