Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Dive Against Debris Cleanup for Dam Bay Dive Site
18 October, 2024
- Team Leader
- Michael
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 18.2 kgs (measured)
12.188032621316, 109.29169705768
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dive Against Debris Cleanup for Dam Bay Dive Site
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Rainbow Divers
- City
- Nha Trang
- Country
- Vietnam
- Date
- 18 October, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.188032621316
Longitude: 109.29169705768
- Weather Conditions
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Starting of tropical monsoon season starting. Several days with mild sprinkles for several hours x3 days.
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–9.1 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 30 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- 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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Fishing: Line | 200 |
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
glass materials collected | |
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Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 28 |
Beverage Bottles (glass) | 23 |
metal materials collected | |
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Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
wood materials collected | |
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Furnishings (wood) | 2 |
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
Wood Fragments | 1 |
cloth materials collected | |
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Bags (cloth) | 2 |
Towels/rags | 1 |
other materials collected | |
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one-way check valve for plumbing | 1 |
Additional Information
The dive scene is a tourist area for foreign party boats which continually dump debris overboard
plumbing one-way check valve
broken glass bottles