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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

MUA House Reef, Malalayang, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

14 October, 2011

Team Leader
Frans V. Rattu
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
52 kgs (measured)

1.460803, 124.79004

Survey Information

Location Name
MUA House Reef, Malalayang, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Organization/Dive Centre
Kawanua Dive Center
City
Manado
Country
Indonesia
Date
14 October, 2011
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 1.460803
Longitude: 124.79004
Weather Conditions
Good weather, no storms, no heavy rain
Survey Depth Range
3–30 meters
Area Surveyed
5000 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) 47
Bags: Trash (plastic) 3
Bait Containers, Packaging 2
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 17
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 6
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 15
Diapers/nappies 63
Fishing: Line 10
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Foam Insulation & Packaging 7
Food Wrappers (plastic) 120
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 8
Straws, Stirrers 6
Plastic Fragments 24
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 4
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 5
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 5
Metal Fragments 3
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 5
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 16
mixed materials collected
Clothing 21
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 14

I really like the new Dive Against Debris, at anytime you can just get diving friends together and start the activity, no need to register the activity first. Sorting the rubbish and turn them into data is also very good, now we know what kind of garbage you have for the dive site.

MUA (Manado Underwater Association) House Reef is a popular dive site, easily access from the beach, only need to swim around 50m from the beach. Combination of steep and gentle slope reef with good variety of corals and schooling fishes, surprisingly a good dive site considering it's very close to Manado City. There's a little river ends at the sea 300m from this dive site, sadly a lot of human rubbish ends up at this area.

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