Dive Against Debris Data Submission
TANJUNG TENGAH
27 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- HNG CHE LEONG
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 10.31 kgs (measured)
5.773739, 103.034917
Survey Information
- Location Name
- TANJUNG TENGAH
- Organization/Dive Centre
- DM SCUBA DIVE TEAM
- City
- KUALA LUMPUR
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 27 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 74 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.773739
Longitude: 103.034917
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm Wave but raining day
- Survey Depth Range
- 0.5–8.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 900 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 27 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 11 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 15 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 38 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 17 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 16 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 25 |
Additional Information
This area is popular for snorkelling and water activites.
Plastic Bag
Plastic Bottle
Comments and Feedback
It is a very meaningful activity and some divers are happy to help to cleanup underwater debris. However, we are upset when we collected so many human made debris.
The trash issue is getting more serious compared with last month. The visibility of dive site is getting worse due to the monsoon. This island is going to close soon due to the monsoon. We will continue for this activity next year.
