Dive Against Debris Data Submission
SIBUAN ISLAND
8 June, 2018
- Team Leader
- ZE WEI NG,LIU YU CHANG , JACK,MAN
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 98 kgs (estimated)
4.6510487205393, 118.65655533885
Survey Information
- Location Name
- SIBUAN ISLAND
- Organization/Dive Centre
- BORNEO UNLIMITED MARINE SPORTS S/B
- City
- SEMPORNA
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 8 June, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 4.6510487205393
Longitude: 118.65655533885
- Weather Conditions
-
GOOD
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- 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) | 19 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 43 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 187 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 286 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 23 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 7 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Diapers/nappies | 7 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 47 |
| Toothbrushes | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 452 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 7 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 10 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 2 |
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 8 |
| Pallets | 8 |
| Wood Fragments | 45 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 4 |
| Towels/rags | 13 |
| Cloth Fragments | 48 |
Additional Information
We start to dive from 20m deep down to the shallow, there are not too much of Debris when we are down below. But started from 12m, We saw lots of plastic bottles around the area, after when down to 6m landed on sand area ,then we notice lots of candy paper wraps, plastic bags and etc
small luggage
plastic bottle
snack pack
