Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS513 - Horseshoe
24 February, 2020
- Team Leader
- Jan Claudius Weirauch
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
26.504645856914, 127.84525929079
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS513 - Horseshoe
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Piranha Divers Okinawa
- City
- Onna Village
- Country
- Japan
- Date
- 24 February, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 49 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.504645856914
Longitude: 127.84525929079
- Weather Conditions
-
pretty good weather, sunny and some slight waves not to windy.
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–19 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 220 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 15 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 50 |
Additional Information
fisherman
Comments and Feedback
corals entangled in fishing line, very hard to remove and time consuming and always a risk to destroy the coral while removing. As coral grows over the line.
