Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Seahorse Bay
31 May, 2019
- Team Leader
- Maisie MacGregor
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (estimated)
12.172031720999, 109.30420455479
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Seahorse Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Rainbow Divers
- City
- Nha Trang
- Country
- Vietnam
- Date
- 31 May, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.172031720999
Longitude: 109.30420455479
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly calm, some strong winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- 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) | 3 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 19 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 5 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 15 |
| Cigarette Filters | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 200 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 8 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese flag | 2 |
| Hairclip | 1 |
Additional Information
Litter thrown over the sides of tourist boats, fishing activities
Vietnamese flags
Huge amount of plastic water bottles
Plastic fishing line tangled on coral
