Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sabang Wrecks to seagrass below floating bar
25 April, 2016
- Team Leader
- Sabine Henkel
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 12.5 kgs (measured)
13.521974, 120.974709
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sabang Wrecks to seagrass below floating bar
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Asia Divers
- City
- Sabang, Puerto Galera
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 25 April, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 13.521974
Longitude: 120.974709
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny with few clouds, windy in the evenings
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 30 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 20 |
| Plastic Fragments | 17 |
| Cigarette Filters | 3 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 6 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 11 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 14 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| PVC board (50cm) | 1 |
| China (porcelan) - maybe valueable | 1 |
| Fireworks tube bundle | 2 |
| Sunglasses | 2 |
| Cement piece | 1 |
Additional Information
No
China porcelain piece from medieval ages (Ming dynasty)
Fishing lines
Food wrappers
Plastic parts
Comments and Feedback
Considering this small area of survey, there was a lot of trash recovered. A lot of larger tires were not recovered.
We also spotted 2 ornate ghost pipefish, 2 stick pipefish, 2 moray eels, one very large green turtle and a huge school of small fishes (yet to be identified (thousands - almost like a sardines run)
