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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Tung Ping Chau, Sai Kung , Hong Kong 西貢東平洲

29 May, 2021

Team Leader
Eian KEE
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
12.7 kgs (measured)

22.53969, 114.442159

Survey Information

Location Name
Tung Ping Chau, Sai Kung , Hong Kong 西貢東平洲
Organization/Dive Centre
Blue Ocean Club HK
City
Hong Kong
Country
Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Date
29 May, 2021
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 22.53969
Longitude: 114.442159
Weather Conditions
Very hot with sunny period, Southwest force 4, occasionally force 5 offshore
Survey Depth Range
1–5 meters
Area Surveyed
1500 m2
Dominant Substrate
gravel
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 12
Bags: Trash (plastic) 5
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 10
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 2
Plastic Fragments 8
Strapping Bands (plastic) 3
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 16
Pipes & Rebar 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Status dead

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