Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS541 - Middle Reef
7 February, 2020
- Team Leader
- Ana Mestek
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
-8.1417061860902, 114.65579459678
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS541 - Middle Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Easy Divers Bali
- City
- Pemuteran
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 7 February, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 63 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -8.1417061860902
Longitude: 114.65579459678
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain for an hour, mostly sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 612 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- other
- Ecosystem
- other
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 38 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 27 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 7 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 12 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
Additional Information
Waves coming from the sea, as usual.
Fishing lure - only half of it left
Plastic bags
Plastic food wrappers
Aluminium food wrappers
Comments and Feedback
The survey was part of a dive where we were mainly focused on inspecting the health of a coral reef. So most of the trash was collected between 2.5 and 4.5 m. Otherwise, the ecosystem was surprisingly clean.
