Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Seahorse Bay
18 March, 2018
- Team Leader
- FORAIN Xavier
- Number of Participants
- 15
- Total Debris Collected
- 160 kgs (estimated)
9.9673, 104.01617
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Seahorse Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Flipper Diving Club
- City
- Duong Dong
- Country
- Vietnam
- Date
- 18 March, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.9673
Longitude: 104.01617
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 242 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 11 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 11 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 16 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 19 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 6 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 347 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 79 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 51 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 80 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 17 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 2 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 69 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 6 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 27 |
| Toys | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Golden Rabbitfish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Net |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea Cucumber |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Line |
