Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tioman Salang Shore
10 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- Jason
- Number of Participants
- 22
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (estimated)
2.7902494, 104.16984630000002
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tioman Salang Shore
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Dive Ship
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 10 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 180 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 2.7902494
Longitude: 104.16984630000002
- Weather Conditions
-
Great, calm and peaceful
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 8100 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
| Cigarette Filters | 15 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 18 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Hanger | 1 |
Additional Information
Rubbish collection point on the shoreline - Some of the trash may have been washed into the ocean from that point
Cloth hanger
Unwanted fishing nets
Fishing lines with hooks
Rusty sharp objects
Comments and Feedback
Very enriching event as we combined finathon together with Dive Against Debris with help from Michelle Davidov from Project Aware team. Involved Juniors as part of the education about Ocean protection
