Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS541 - Middle Reef
10 February, 2020
- Team Leader
- Ana Mestek
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 27.5 kgs (measured)
-8.1417061860902, 114.65579459678
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS541 - Middle Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Easy Divers Bali
- City
- Pemuteran
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 10 February, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -8.1417061860902
Longitude: 114.65579459678
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy, waves a bit higher
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 612 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 208 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Balloons | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 37 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 3 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 1 |
| Diapers/nappies | 55 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1055 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 18 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 85 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 38 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 170 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tampons | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Homemade kite for fishing (plastic food wrapper + 2 wooden sticks) | 2 |
| Plastic glue bottle | 1 |
| Part of leather belt | 1 |
| Plastic adhesive tape | 1 |
| Female hygenic product | 4 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea urchin |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic bags, plastic rope, plastic food wrappers |
| Comments | We managed to completely untangle one, the other one didn't let go of smaller pieces so we didn't want to harm it. |
Additional Information
Currents, start of rajny season
Homemade kite for fishing
Plastic food wrappers
Bags (grocery)
Diapers
Comments and Feedback
The survey was done as a weekly cleanup event with another dive center, Abyss Ocean World.
