Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tanjung Tengah, Redang Island
23 April, 2018
- Team Leader
- Hng Che Leong
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 12.71 kgs (measured)
5.773739, 103.034917
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tanjung Tengah, Redang Island
- Organization/Dive Centre
- DM SCUBA DIVE TEAM
- City
- Redang Island
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 23 April, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 74 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.773739
Longitude: 103.034917
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy and Moderate Wave
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 600 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 40 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 15 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 15 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 27 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 115 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 8 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes | 3 |
Additional Information
The dive site is a famous tourist snorkelling area.
Plastic Bags
Plastic Bottles
Comments and Feedback
The trash was more than our expectation this year. We would try to clean up as much as we can this year.
