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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Biorock Reef

31 August, 2017

Team Leader
Sian Williams
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
6 kgs (measured)

-8.3575909033277, 116.04210287289

Survey Information

Location Name
Biorock Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Trawangan Dive Centre
City
Gili Trawangan
Country
Indonesia
Date
31 August, 2017
Survey Duration
42 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -8.3575909033277
Longitude: 116.04210287289
Weather Conditions
Calm, no currents,
Waves, and bit of wind. No rain for months
Survey Depth Range
3–11.8 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Fishing: Line 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1

Little amount of rubbish due to a clean up one week earlier.

T- shirt again

glass bottles dropped from boats

fishing line ensnaring corals

food sachets

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