Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Turtle Patch
17 October, 2018
- Team Leader
- Ian Edwards
- Number of Participants
- 13
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
6.005598, 116.024178
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Turtle Patch
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Borneo Dream Travel & Tours
- City
- Kota Kinabalu
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 17 October, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 6.005598
Longitude: 116.024178
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm weather
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 400 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 20 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 7 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 10 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 5 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 9 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 16 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 2 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
Rubbish chucked away by people into rivers and in the sea
box of teabags - they were still dry inside
straws
styrofoam
