Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Bio Rocks
2 December, 2021
- Team Leader
- Anisha Kumar & Tysie Wolf
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 1.5 kgs (measured)
-8.355633, 116.043378
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Bio Rocks
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue Marlin Dive
- City
- Gili Trawangan
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 2 December, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -8.355633
Longitude: 116.043378
- Weather Conditions
-
Intermittent Rains - usually 30 mins to 1 hour at a stretch. 29-32 degree C ambient temperature. 29 C water temperature.
- Survey Depth Range
- 0.5–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 50 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 30 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 10 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 2 |
Additional Information
Rain washing rubbish out of the rivers in Bali and Java
NA
Plastics - Food Packaging
Comments and Feedback
Bio Rocks is an artificial reef setup by the Gili Eco Trust. It has a rich variety of soft coral, hard coral and other marine life. The primary cause of Debris on this site is trash that's being carried in with tidal change on the surface and usually collects closer to shore.
