Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Montani Sea Grass Puerto Galera, Asia Divers
23 April, 2016
- Team Leader
- Sabine Henkel
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
13.515874, 120.959734
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Montani Sea Grass Puerto Galera, Asia Divers
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Asia Divers
- City
- Sabang, Puerto Galera
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 23 April, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 61 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 13.515874
Longitude: 120.959734
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly sunny, in the afternoon windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 7–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 250 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 9 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 15 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 3 |
Additional Information
The dive site is close to a school on a little island where kids are dropped off by boat. There could be people waiting to pick up the children. The amount of food wrappers found are astonishing. Not all debris was collected (lack of bags).
Aquarium like glass container that looked like an aquarium and could not be recovered due to its size.
Food wrappers
Fishing Lines
Plastic bottles
