Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Cascade Bay
24 September, 2014
- Team Leader
- Benjamin Gonzalez
- Number of Participants
- 17
- Total Debris Collected
- 165 kgs (measured)
22.345337, 114.314034
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Cascade Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Sai Kung
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 24 September, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.345337
Longitude: 114.314034
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–13 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 8725 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Soft Slope
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 13 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 20 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 28 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 147 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 12 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 7 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 37 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 3 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 20 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 6 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Food Trolly | 1 |
| Sunglasses | 10 |
| Anchor | 1 |
| Chair | 1 |
| SMB+Reel | 1 |
| scissors | 2 |
Additional Information
Junk boat are a great way to release the stress in Hong Kong during weekends. Unfortunately all the drink bottles are not always brought back on board....
Iphone 5
beverae glass bottles
metal debris
Comments and Feedback
Another great cleanup
This yearly event is a collaboration of two schools, RCHK and HKA here in Hong Kong. Students just love it!!!
