Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Malapascua
28 October, 2018
- Team Leader
- Walter Schmit
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
11.326621802316, 124.1115846219
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Malapascua
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Private initiative
- City
- Malapascua Island
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 28 October, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.326621802316
Longitude: 124.1115846219
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 6 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 12 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
Strong wind from nearby typhoon
