Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS124 - The Gallery
11 May, 2016
- Team Leader
- Renee Street
- Number of Participants
- 15
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 kgs (measured)
-8.36514, 116.08496
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS124 - The Gallery
- Organization/Dive Centre
- 7SEAS Dive Gili
- City
- Gili Air
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 11 May, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 39 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -8.36514
Longitude: 116.08496
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm. No rain. Minimal wind.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–29 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 7500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 5 |
| Balloons | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 11 |
| Diapers/nappies | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 44 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 41 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 24 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Cowries |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic Bags |
Additional Information
Nothing unusual contributed.
Nothing.
Plastic Bags - Improper infrastructure for waste distribution.
Plastic Food Wrappers
Plastic Bottles
Comments and Feedback
Please confirm the appropriate category for plastic tape. We have found a great deal of tape from cardboard shipping boxes that is discarded into the ocean.
Last week we conducted a clean up dive but did not sort the garbage. . .however, that day there was 38 kg!!
