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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS367 - PADI Beach

22 March, 2018

Team Leader
Nicolas Martin
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
10 kgs (estimated)

12.169492, 109.307799

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS367 - PADI Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Sailing Club DIvers
City
Nha Trang
Country
Vietnam
Date
22 March, 2018
Survey Duration
48 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.169492
Longitude: 109.307799
Weather Conditions
Mostly sunny with some clouds and wind
Survey Depth Range
2–8 meters
Area Surveyed
700 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 40
Bags: Trash (plastic) 16
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 7
Cigarette Lighters 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 12
Food Wrappers (plastic) 6
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 8
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 5
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 5
Cloth Fragments 1

Oil filter from boat


We combined this Dive Against Debris with the World Water Day 2018, organising a shore clean up at the same time with a team of local volunteers! They collected at least 50 kgs of rubbish there...

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