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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Los Bamboos, Malapascua, Philippines

15 September, 2014

Team Leader
Ruben Rubi Carnacea
Number of Participants
8
Total Debris Collected
50 kgs (estimated)

11.345245, 124.108016

Survey Information

Location Name
Los Bamboos, Malapascua, Philippines
Organization/Dive Centre
Buceo Malapascua & Sea Explorers
City
Daanbantayan
Country
Philippines
Date
15 September, 2014
Survey Duration
70 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 11.345245
Longitude: 124.108016
Weather Conditions
Windy
Survey Depth Range
1–12 meters
Area Surveyed
2000 m2
Dominant Substrate
Sand and Coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 48
Bait Containers, Packaging 67
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 13
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 7
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 16
Carpet (synthetic) 7
Cigarette Lighters 19
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 22
Diapers/nappies 56
Fishing: Line 15
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 12
Foam Insulation & Packaging 26
Furnishings (plastic) 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 6
Toothbrushes 18
Plastic Fragments 88
Rope (plastic/nylon) 27
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 16
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 3
Appliances: Household 8
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 16
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 13
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 4
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 7
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 6
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 4
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 31
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 27
Toys 3
other materials collected
Zinc pannels 8

The zinc pannels probably arrived to the reef after the typhoon Haiyan. All the rest is probably coming from the little village placed next to the beach.

Diapers, because they get stuck and kill the corals

Clothes, , because they get stuck and kill the corals

Batteries, because they poison the reef

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