Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Apo Island
7 February, 2019
- Team Leader
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.01 lbs (estimated)
9.076338, 123.266886
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Apo Island
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Wellbeach Dive Resort
- City
- Dauin
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 7 February, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.076338
Longitude: 123.266886
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–50 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 519.68 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
No
Single plastic use is so embedded in the day to day living of the locals but it needn't be because it would actually be cheaper for them to use other multi use materials
Tourist trash
Comments and Feedback
I don't know much about corals but many of the corals are brown, broken, and had algae.
