Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sanur Channel
22 September, 2015
- Team Leader
- Sabine Henkel
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
8.696442, 115.263337
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sanur Channel
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Crystal Dive Bali
- City
- Sanur, Bali
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 22 September, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 8.696442
Longitude: 115.263337
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 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) | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 3 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 15 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
There were several fishing lines entangled on the reef- so likely fishing by small boats is common on the reef.
large cloth spice bag
plastic straws - small, gets into crevices
wrappers of different make and sizes
fishing lines - entaglement risk - difficult to remove
Comments and Feedback
We are incorporating a dive against debris into every IDC program to elevate awareness and also care for the reef near the training site.
