Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Dragon Cave #412805
22 May, 2022
- Team Leader
- Zheng-wei Chen
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 5.8 kgs (estimated)
25.112058, 121.9166354
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dragon Cave #412805
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- New Taipei City
- Country
- Taiwan
- Date
- 22 May, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 25 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.112058
Longitude: 121.9166354
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 3 |
Additional Information
Anglers throwing garbage at will or garbage from China brought by Oyashio
fishing net
lures
fishing lines
Comments and Feedback
The Dive Against Debris mesh bags PADI provided were easily broken. The strap tied to the bag was where it broke. It was broken at only 2 kilograms.
Originally one leader and five divers participated. But only two divers went undersea due to some technical problems.
