Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Middle Point
28 November, 2019
- Team Leader
- Rendra Hertiadhi
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 67.5 kgs (measured)
-3.716046, 128.094767
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Middle Point
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Spice Island Dive Resort Ambon
- City
- Ambon
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 28 November, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -3.716046
Longitude: 128.094767
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear, calm sea
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 423.65 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 26 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 43 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 13 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 28 |
| Diapers/nappies | 18 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 57 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 12 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 36 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 6 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 11 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 1 |
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 2 |
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 3 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
No
Plastic food packaging
Tarps
Fishing nets
Comments and Feedback
Underwater cleanup must be made regularly. Debris mostly originated from Ambon's central market about 6 miles from the spot
Middle Point is a favourite muck diving spot in the bay of Ambon.
