Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mid Reef (Wreck Side), Tunku Abdul Rahman Park
21 July, 2019
- Team Leader
- Llewellyn Mirasol
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 kgs (estimated)
5.9784869407673, 116.02190544266
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mid Reef (Wreck Side), Tunku Abdul Rahman Park
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Downbelow Adventures
- City
- KOTA KINABALU
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 21 July, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.9784869407673
Longitude: 116.02190544266
- Weather Conditions
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Sunny in the morning.
Cloudy and windy in the afternoon.
Stormy weather in the late afternoon.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 17 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 26 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Diapers/nappies | 8 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 41 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 20 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
plastic bottles - mostly drinking bottles as it's a marine park and they are still widely used by everyone in the park
food wrappers - also same as above
plastic bags - the same as above
Comments and Feedback
This dive site has a number of artificial balls on the top reef, hence there's also some used tyres seen around the reefs which seemed like they are purposely put into this reef to encourage coral growth - not sure .
