Dive Against Debris Data Submission
East Dam
22 June, 2024
- Team Leader
- Maxwell Woolf
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 17 kgs (measured)
22.360299982467, 114.37498713482
Survey Information
- Location Name
- East Dam
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sai Kung Scuba
- City
- Hong Kong
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 22 June, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 46 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.360299982467
Longitude: 114.37498713482
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy, Rain, & Thunderstorms
- Survey Depth Range
- 7–12.7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 41 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 8 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Dive torch | 1 |
Additional Information
The recent windy weather and high rainfall events may have condtributed to the large number of bottles and plastic waste by washing or blowing it out to sea. https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/wxinfo/pastwx/mws2024/mws202405.htm
The large water barrel recoverd was likely lost overboard or in a storm.
Comments and Feedback
Due to the nature of the dive site, large boulders and many schools of fish. There are many bandoned fishing nets caught by between the rocks.
