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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS142 - Sabang Bay Puerto Galera

19 January, 2017

Team Leader
Haijun Zhang
Number of Participants
17
Total Debris Collected
34.25 kgs (measured)

13.521685, 120.975398

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS142 - Sabang Bay Puerto Galera
Organization/Dive Centre
Asia Divers
City
Puerto Galera
Country
Philippines
Date
19 January, 2017
Survey Duration
30 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 13.521685
Longitude: 120.975398
Weather Conditions
Mixed, sunny and cloudy with occasional rains. Full Moon.
Survey Depth Range
5–16 meters
Area Surveyed
1000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 8
Food Wrappers (plastic) 25
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 6
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Straws, Stirrers 2
Plastic Fragments 25
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 4
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 14
Beverage Bottles (glass) 11
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 65
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 6
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 2
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 3
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 5
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 27
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 6
Toys 1
other materials collected
Large Umrella Stand - plastic 1
2m long cable tray - plastic 1
Umbrella handle 1

Beer bottle lids may come from the bikini bar that is floating in Sabang

Large Umbrella Stand out of plastic

Bottle caps - mostly from beer bottles

Food wrappers

plastic fragments


We will upload more pictures of trash items later.

This event was organized together with the British International School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We thank all the participants: Kyle, Chen, Lauren, Morgan, Anna, Juliette, Soo, Mia, Smriti, Thomas, JW, Brad, Nick, Jamie, Pete, Troy and Sabine. We all had great fun with the dive and spotted several interesting marine creatures besides picking up the trash... Amongst others, some moray eels, turtle, a family of cute pufferfishes guarding a bunch of ropes, boxfishes, a large Lionfish, butterflyfish, etc.

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