Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Light Coral Island Resort Beach
18 August, 2024
- Team Leader
- Van Trinh
- Number of Participants
- 32
- Total Debris Collected
- 100.87 kgs (measured)
12.60749422, 109.4017899
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Light Coral Island Resort Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Rumblefish Vietnam s-24320 5* IDC Center
- City
- Ninh Van, Nha Trang
- Country
- Vietnam
- Date
- 18 August, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 38 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.60749422
Longitude: 109.4017899
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, Little rain (dry season)
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 388 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 9 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 16 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 3 |
| Cigarette Filters | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 20 |
Additional Information
Currents pushing debris into the bay, slowly buried with the swell and tide. Nearby Fish farms
PVC Pipe from a washing machine
Clear unlabeled, thick PU plastic bags
Woven nylon bags
Food wraps
