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)
-8.1420095827232, 114.65578438045
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: -8.1420095827232
Longitude: 114.65578438045
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly clear, a little windy, one night of rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–19 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1280 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- sand, sea grass, 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) | 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 |
Additional Information
Higher waves during the night, getting bigger during the day; wind.
large piece of insulating foam
plastic food/product packaging
plastic bags
diapers
Comments and Feedback
This is a dive site our team cleans regularly. Here, fishing is allowed (unlike at the neighbouring reef Biorock/Artificial Reef).
We expect to do another cleaning action of the dive site in the upcoming week, since today's waves undoubtedly carried more debris into the bay.
