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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Bio Rocks Reef, Gili Trawangan, Lombok NTB, Indonesia

18 November, 2013

Team Leader
Donna Gallagher
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
6 kgs (estimated)

-8.385431, 115.993652

Survey Information

Location Name
Bio Rocks Reef, Gili Trawangan, Lombok NTB, Indonesia
Organization/Dive Centre
Blue Marlin Dive Gili Trawangan
City
Gili Trawangan
Country
Indonesia
Date
18 November, 2013
Survey Duration
53 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -8.385431
Longitude: 115.993652
Weather Conditions
Good. Mostly sunny with a few rain showers in last three days
Survey Depth Range
5–19.2 meters
Area Surveyed
6000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Bags: Trash (plastic) 7
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Cigar Tips 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Diapers/nappies 1
Fishing: Line 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 11
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Tampon Applicators 1
Cigarette Filters 3
Rope (plastic/nylon) 5
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 3
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 3
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 1
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 2
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 6
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
Tampons 1

No

Plastic

Polystyrene

Glass Bottles


We did a beach clean up the day before hand which may have reduced the amount of debris underwater

In comparison with other clean up dives we have conducted at the site, this one had much less trash ;-)

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