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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Tanjung Tengah, Redang Island

19 August, 2017

Team Leader
Hng Che Leong
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
14.4 kgs (measured)

5.773739, 103.034917

Survey Information

Location Name
Tanjung Tengah, Redang Island
Organization/Dive Centre
DM SCUBA DIVE TEAM
City
Redang Island
Country
Malaysia
Date
19 August, 2017
Survey Duration
61 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 5.773739
Longitude: 103.034917
Weather Conditions
Good Weather and Calm Wave
Survey Depth Range
3–11 meters
Area Surveyed
800 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 14
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 14
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 37
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 36
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 5
Straws, Stirrers 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 20
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 7
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 4
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 19
Towels/rags 4
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
other materials collected
Shoe 3

The dive site is a famous tourist snorkelling area.

Brick

Plastic Bottles

Can Matels

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