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Kadena South Steps

20 September, 2018

Team Leader
Micheal Snider
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
65 lbs (estimated)

26.3216, 127.748

Survey Information

Location Name
Kadena South Steps
Organization/Dive Centre
Samurai Dive Club
City
Uruma
Country
Japan
Date
20 September, 2018
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 26.3216
Longitude: 127.748
Weather Conditions
Previous week was calm with little to no surf outside of normal tide shifts
Survey Depth Range
10–62 feet
Area Surveyed
800 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 6
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Fishing: Line 100
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 5
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Straws, Stirrers 1
Toothbrushes 1
Plastic Fragments 3
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 10
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Cars & Car Parts 1
Metal Fragments 19
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 25
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1

No. The site we chose is popular for fishing which led to the collection of over 100 lines with hooks that were removed from the coral.

remnants of a steel 55 gallon drum.

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