Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Pulau Hantu - West Fringing Reef
3 December, 2014
- Team Leader
- Monica Choo
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 3.8 kgs (measured)
1.227127, 103.746915
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Pulau Hantu - West Fringing Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Asia Dive Academy
- City
- Singapore
- Country
- Singapore
- Date
- 3 December, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 1.227127
Longitude: 103.746915
- Weather Conditions
-
Afternoon thunderstorms
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–12.1 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 36 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: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
Additional Information
We encountered at least 4 large tires, but there was a lot of growth on them so we did not remove them. We also found a car battery which we did not remove. We found many pieces of rope, but also did not remove them.
Car battery.
Car battery, tires - I believe that they crew from boats throw them.
Fishing lines and ropes - there were many that were growth over with corals and difficult to remove.
Plastic in general - especially bottles, food wrappers and straws.
Comments and Feedback
This location would be benefit from a beach cleanup during low tide. There was a lot of rubbish caught up on the sea walls.
