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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Muck Bay

16 May, 2019

Team Leader
Ana Mestek
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
28 kgs (measured)

-8.1438629340296, 114.6603461404

Survey Information

Location Name
Muck Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Easy Divers Bali
City
Pemuteran
Country
Indonesia
Date
16 May, 2019
Survey Duration
103 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -8.1438629340296
Longitude: 114.6603461404
Weather Conditions
Mostly clear, one night of rain, a bit of wind.
Survey Depth Range
3–10 meters
Area Surveyed
2700 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
muck/silt
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 318
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 44
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 5
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Diapers/nappies 9
Fishing: Line 5
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 4
Food Wrappers (plastic) 321
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 16
Straws, Stirrers 9
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 6
Plastic Fragments 4
Rope (plastic/nylon) 4
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 6
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 7
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
other materials collected
Clothespin 1
Medication blister pack 1
Fiberglass 1
Menstrual pads 3

People frequently fish along the pier; locals live on the beach; tourist cottages nearby.

Shoes.

plastic bags

food wrappers

fishing nets


The site is very difficult to clean as animals make the trash their home.

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