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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Dog's Point

4 July, 2016

Team Leader
Markus Gutre
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
32 kgs (estimated)

-8.70791, 115.264081

Survey Information

Location Name
Dog's Point
Organization/Dive Centre
Joe's Gone Diving
City
Sanur
Country
Indonesia
Date
4 July, 2016
Survey Duration
218 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -8.70791
Longitude: 115.264081
Weather Conditions
Sunshine, partial clouded, average current
Survey Depth Range
5–8.6 meters
Area Surveyed
254.8 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 20
Bags: Trash (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 8
Diapers/nappies 15
Fishing: Line 2
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 6
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 79
glass materials collected
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 4
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 1
Wood Fragments 11
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Towels/rags 7
Cloth Fragments 11

As it is close to a living and touristic area, I'm not surprised to find that many trash items underwater.

13 diapers

Plastic fragments

grocery bags

cloth


We also did a beach clean up the same day where we gathered around 50 kg trash. Like another organization in Sanur (Trash Hero) we would like to do such beach clean ups every week.

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