Dive Against Debris Data Submission
D' Lagoon
21 April, 2017
- Team Leader
- George Miles
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 5.54 kgs (measured)
5.9300002242195, 102.72319726646
Survey Information
- Location Name
- D' Lagoon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Perhentian Marine Research station
- City
- Perhentian islands
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 21 April, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.9300002242195
Longitude: 102.72319726646
- Weather Conditions
-
Hot, sunny, clear
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–11 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 400 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 11 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 27 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 175 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 15 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 10 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 61 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| light bulb fixture (metal) | 1 |
Additional Information
Monsoon, local resorts, tourist hotspots, village
plastic fragments
rope
Comments and Feedback
Saw a really big Jenkins ray
