Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Seaventures House Reef
19 February, 2016
- Team Leader
- Brigitte Zintz & Kim Jacaba
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 6.3 kgs (measured)
4.253843, 118.633372
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Seaventures House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Seaventures Dive Rig
- City
- Mabul Island
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 19 February, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 58 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 4.253843
Longitude: 118.633372
- Weather Conditions
-
good but windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Diapers/nappies | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 18 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 31 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 23 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| cell phone battery | 1 |
| nail | 2 |
| fibre glass fragment | 1 |
| floor mat fragment | 1 |
Additional Information
food wrappers (people don't care)
beverage cans (same reason)
beverage bottles plastic (same reason)
Comments and Feedback
I am a certifie Tec Diver, trained to deal with any kind of emergency underwater alone. I took a twinset of tanks with 2 regulators, so my personal safety wasn't compromised during this dive.
