ADS73 - House Reef
14 June, 2017
- Team Leader
- Ron MacLean
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
2.518203, 103.975037
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS73 - House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Orca Scuba
- City
- Rawa Island
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 14 June, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 15 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 2.518203
Longitude: 103.975037
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy & storms
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 40 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 30 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 30 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
Additional Information
The 2 previous days (12th & 13th of June) the dive staff here at Orca Scuba Rawa witnessed a fisherman's boat fishing just off of our House Reefs (which are part of the Sultan Iskander Marine Park). During the day of the 13th, Marine Park boats boarded the fisherman's boat and escorted the boat out of the Marine Park waters. We believe the fishing lines, rope and crate were from that fisherman's boat and floated towards shore onto our House Reef on the 14th.
Comments and Feedback
Are we unable to upload videos? Only photos?
This was our first time reporting data for the Dive Against Debris and for Adopt a Dive Site programs. It was unplanned. One of our Instructors reported to us that she saw a net float in onto the House Reef while she was out on a DSD with a customer. So we decided to just use this opportunity to see how the full process works, it was a very short dive since we got there quickly before the net could really entangle itself onto the House Reef. There was roughly 500 meters of rope. It is likely that our future clean up dives will be much longer.
