Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Blue Corner/Cemetery Bay
7 June, 2019
- Team Leader
- Chen Wang
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 19.26 kgs (measured)
11.326328091846, 124.11317383091
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Blue Corner/Cemetery Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Resort
- City
- Daanbantayan
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 7 June, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 56 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.326328091846
Longitude: 124.11317383091
- Weather Conditions
-
Generously calm with occasional wind and thunder storms
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.4–3.9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3625.22 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 14 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 61 |
| Diapers/nappies | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 34 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2950 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 9 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 7 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 27 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 16 |
Additional Information
We collected a lot of plastic fragments which are mostly parts of plastic wrappers used in daily life. Due to the huge amount we weighed them in total and it's 2.95kg. The reported amount of 2,950 is estimated with 1g/piece of plastic fragment on average.
We found two 5 gallon water barrels (put into No.8 category under plastic materials)
Plastic fragment
Plastic spoons and forks
Fishing line
