Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Blue emOcean House reef
17 July, 2023
- Team Leader
- Andrew Graham
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 12.6 kgs (measured)
-8.1903062103345, 117.48031901428
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Blue emOcean House reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue emOcean
- City
- Moyo Island
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 17 July, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -8.1903062103345
Longitude: 117.48031901428
- Weather Conditions
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Sunny and warm.
Windy
Waves of approx. 40 cm, no current
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–21 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
plastic materials collected | |
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Bags: Trash (plastic) | 3 |
Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
cloth materials collected | |
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Bags (burlap) | 2 |
Cloth Fragments | 1 |
Entangled Animals | |
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Crustaceans | |
Species or Common Name | Hermit crab |
Number Entangled | 2 |
Status | released unharmed |
Type of Debris | Fishing net |
Comments | The crabs had been entangled for some time but were able to walk away once untangled |
Additional Information
No
Rug
Sacks as they smother the coral
Fishing line as it wraps around corals
Fishing net as it entangled coral and marine life