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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Virgin Island Point

28 May, 2019

Team Leader
Gost and Dao Heng Chen
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
3.2 kgs (measured)

9.3439, 123.424

Survey Information

Location Name
Virgin Island Point
Organization/Dive Centre
Keep Diving
City
Panglao
Country
Philippines
Date
28 May, 2019
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 9.3439
Longitude: 123.424
Weather Conditions
sunny
Survey Depth Range
2.8–24 meters
Area Surveyed
5000 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 112
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Plastic Fragments 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 9
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1

some boat man fishing at the area

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