Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
15 June, 2019
- Team Leader
- Eszter Matrai
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 25.25 kgs (measured)
22.545909, 114.431823
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Tursiopsdivers
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 15 June, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 47 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.545909
Longitude: 114.431823
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy and stormy
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.2–6.1 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 458.69 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 30 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 14 |
| Fishing: Line | 11 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 27 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 34 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 27 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Flower pot | 1 |
| Mahjong tile | 13 |
| Tarp bag | 4 |
| Plastic tape | 1 |
| Wooden chopstick | 2 |
| Century old eggs in plastic container | 4 |
| Wooden pole with rubber weight at the end, used for scaring fish into the net | 1 |
Additional Information
Century old eggs
Plastic wraps
