Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Pak A, Sai Kung, Hong Kong 北丫
15 July, 2023
- Team Leader
- EIAN KEE
- Number of Participants
- 31
- Total Debris Collected
- 168.8 kgs (measured)
22.352503, 114.349551
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Pak A, Sai Kung, Hong Kong 北丫
- Organization/Dive Centre
- BLUE OCEAN CLUB HONG KONG
- City
- Hong Kong
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 15 July, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.352503
Longitude: 114.349551
- Weather Conditions
-
Mainly fine apart from isolated showers. Extremely hot during the day. A few thunderstorms later.
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1500 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 | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 7 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 17 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 9 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 17 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 23 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 26 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 4 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 8 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Bags (cloth) | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 10 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Corals, Crabs |
| Number Entangled | 10 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Ghostnets |
Additional Information
A ladder, a trolley, clothes
