Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Oceans 5 House Reef/Harbour
15 July, 2023
- Team Leader
- Ruchika Daswani
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 29.5 kgs (measured)
-8.3641453938347, 116.08287126325
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Oceans 5 House Reef/Harbour
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Oceans 5 Dive Resort
- City
- Gili Air
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 15 July, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 38 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -8.3641453938347
Longitude: 116.08287126325
- Weather Conditions
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Heavy rainfall and storms accompanied by strong winds July 7-10 have triggered widespread flooding, landslides, and property damage across the province.
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 483.56 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) | 223 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 30 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 8 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 12 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 125 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 506 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 9 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| glass perfume bottle | 1 |
| plastic head of a broom | 1 |
| toilet brush cleaner | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crabs |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Type of Debris | Found among all the rubbish |
| Comments | 2 dead among the rubbish, 2 were still alive while sorting and released back into the ocean |
Additional Information
According to people who live on the island long term, the harbour seems to be the collection point of all rubbish. Gili Air is close to Lombok and when it rains there, all the debris goes into the oceans and is brought towards Gili Air harbour due to currents/water movements. The harbour is also busy with boats coming and going everyday, so possible tourists/locals litering.
the glass perfume bottle
plastic food packaging
plastic bottles/cups
plastic bags
Comments and Feedback
There were layers and layers of rubbish on this dive site. Lots of the plastic wrappers, bottles, cups etc, had algae or something growing on it.
