Sabang Wrecks to seagrass below floating bar
10 December, 2015
- Team Leader
- Sabine Henkel
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 8.5 kgs (measured)
13.522176, 120.975782
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sabang Wrecks to seagrass below floating bar
- Organization/Dive Centre
- with Asia Divers
- City
- Sabang, Puerto Galera
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 10 December, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 25 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 13.522176
Longitude: 120.975782
- Weather Conditions
-
Generally sunny with few clouds, some days windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 3.5–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- 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) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| Cigarette Filters | 5 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 2 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 3 |
Additional Information
We also observed several tires (5) but did not recover. The small reef outcrops in the sandy/ seagrass bottom are quite littered with fishing lines - some of which are difficult to remove,
3m PVC pipe that was surrounded by nylonline
fishing line
plastic fragments of all sizes
glass bottles
Comments and Feedback
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Dive Team: Liss Held, Stefan Held, Gareth Bowen, Jamie Gladwin, Sabine Henkel. We had UW photographer Gareth Bowen with us and he contributed the last 4 pictures with subtitles: Picture "is broken" : The plastic bottle seal says it all: We broke it! But let's try to fix it :) Picture "plastic fragments": Macro photography used to highlight and collect "macro" plastic fragments. Turtles don't know the difference and eat plastics and cigarette butts, blocking their digestive system which kills them slowly... Comment on Picture of cigarette butt: "If you smoke (I do), then please don't discard your butts on the beach, near storm drains or anywhere else where they can make their way into the ocean - everyone loves turtles, right ?! This cigarette butt is made of plastics and will take decades to decompose if it is not eaten by unsuspecting marine life first."
