Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS513 - Horseshoe
30 March, 2019
- Team Leader
- Jan
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 kgs (estimated)
26.504645856914, 127.84525929079
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS513 - Horseshoe
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Piranha Divers Okinawa
- City
- Onna Village
- Country
- Japan
- Date
- 30 March, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.504645856914
Longitude: 127.84525929079
- Weather Conditions
-
wavy with medium size swells
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–29 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 414.22 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 3 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 6 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 4 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 13 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 213 |
Additional Information
Fisherman sitting on the cliff for year loosing their fishing gear when it gets entangled in the rocks or reef. Batteries I found are used as makeshift fishing sinkers Including a small car battery
Car Battery underneath a big rock, obviously was set on fire before it was dumped in the ocean because the plastic housing has been melt away.
Batteries
Lead sinkers
fishing gear
