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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Cascade Bay

25 September, 2012

Team Leader
Benjamin gonzalez
Number of Participants
25
Total Debris Collected
173 kgs (measured)

22.3446, 114.314567

Survey Information

Location Name
Cascade Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Hong Kong Academy - Mandarin Divers
City
Hong Kong
Country
Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Date
25 September, 2012
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 22.3446
Longitude: 114.314567
Weather Conditions
Rain
Survey Depth Range
3–8 meters
Area Surveyed
2500 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
Sandy short
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 11
Bags: Trash (plastic) 30
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 11
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Cigarette Lighters 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 4
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 26
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 86
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 4
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 4
Plastic Fragments 17
Cigarette Filters 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 13
Jars-food (glass) 3
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 44
Beverage Bottles (glass) 245
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 170
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 4
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
SCUBA Weights 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 8
Metal Fragments 9
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 1
Wood Fragments 4
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 2
Gloves (cloth) 5
Rope And String (cloth) 13
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 7
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Scissors 2
Sunglasses 5
Umbrella 1
Swim Goggles 9
BBQ tongs 3
Oar (plastic) 3
Styrofoam piece 1
Lipstick 1
hooks 2
electric box 1
shoe sole 2
dog collar 1
inflatable toy pump 1
rake 1
plastic zip 1
electric fragment 2
fiberglass piece 1
phone holder 1
metal table stand 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Comments We had one octopus and one eel hiding in the plastic bottles

People on junk boats, accidently drop bottles while swimming

rake


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