Dive Against Debris Data Submission
San Miguel
28 May, 2022
- Team Leader
- Heather Tallent
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.6 lbs (measured)
9.200366, 123.279015
Survey Information
- Location Name
- San Miguel
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue Planet Scuba and Atlantis Dumaguete
- City
- Dumaguete
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 28 May, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 53 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.200366
Longitude: 123.279015
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly sunny with intermittent thunderstorms
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–70 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 62760.1 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 12 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| Cigarette Filters | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
None
Kitten heel shoe
Plastic food wrappers
Cigarette filters
Plastic cutlery
Comments and Feedback
There was more debris but animals were living within so we left it.
Beach area with hotels, homes, and fishing occurs. No infrastructure for trash pickup- locals burning trash.
