Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Obyan Beach Saipan
16 June, 2014
- Team Leader
- Ningning Li 288509 / Ocean Plus Saipan 244112
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 kgs (estimated)
15.105732, 145.739397
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Obyan Beach Saipan
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ocean Plus Saipan
- City
- Saipan
- Country
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Date
- 16 June, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 15.105732
Longitude: 145.739397
- Weather Conditions
-
Good
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 846.396 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) | 12 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Balls | 8 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 9 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 6 |
| Cigar Tips | 2 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 6 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 5 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Cigarette Filters | 25 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 4 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 9 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 12 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 3 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 19 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 7 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 3 |
| Pallets | 2 |
| Wood Fragments | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 3 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 1 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 6 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 2 |
Additional Information
cigarette ends; cans
