Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Basalt Island 火石州
1 September, 2019
- Team Leader
- EIAN KEE
- Number of Participants
- 38
- Total Debris Collected
- 56.5 kgs (measured)
22.321701160134, 114.36444519447
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Basalt Island 火石州
- Organization/Dive Centre
- BLUE OCEAN CLUB HK
- City
- HONG KONG
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 1 September, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.321701160134
Longitude: 114.36444519447
- Weather Conditions
-
Fresh to Strong Easterly wind with slight waves, mainly cloudy with occasional squally showers
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 800 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- gravel
- Ecosystem
- rocky 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) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 8 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 11 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 20 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 12 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 1 |
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 5 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| BOAT HOOK | 1 |
| PEN | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | CRAB |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | GHOST NETS (FISHING NETS) |
