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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Gili Air Harbour

27 November, 2015

Team Leader
Virginie Pinto
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
20 kgs (estimated)

-8.369127, 116.081543

Survey Information

Location Name
Gili Air Harbour
Organization/Dive Centre
Oceans 5
City
Gili Air
Country
Indonesia
Date
27 November, 2015
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -8.369127
Longitude: 116.081543
Weather Conditions
calm
Survey Depth Range
8–12 meters
Area Surveyed
3000 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) 16
Bags: Trash (plastic) 9
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 7
Cigarette Lighters 4
Diapers/nappies 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 28
Straws, Stirrers 12
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 15
Plastic Fragments 26
Cigarette Filters 36
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 3
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 4
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 19
Wrappers (foil/metal) 37
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 3
Wood Fragments 8
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 6
Rope And String (cloth) 2
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 22

The big rains have started in Lombok, the island across from the water from us. As the water takes the rubbish from the river beds, it takes it all into the harbour of Gili Air where there is no current. The rubbish stays there until we pick it up.

Bottle of a drink not sold in Indonesia

Plastic carrier bags

single plastic cups

rice bags

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