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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS526 - Temple Wall

7 March, 2020

Team Leader
Laura Juschkat
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
18 kgs (estimated)

-8.131115, 114.645796

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS526 - Temple Wall
Organization/Dive Centre
Abyss Ocean World
City
Pemuteran
Country
Indonesia
Date
7 March, 2020
Survey Duration
30 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -8.131115
Longitude: 114.645796
Weather Conditions
Rainy Season
Survey Depth Range
20–35 meters
Area Surveyed
581.005 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 40
Bags: Trash (plastic) 7
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 13
Diapers/nappies 4
Food Wrappers (plastic) 86
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 2
Straws, Stirrers 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 3
Plastic Fragments 25
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Cloth Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Toys 1

N/A

N/A

Plastic Food Wrapper

Diapers


The majority of the reported debris was on the sea floor near a wall of coral. Between 30 and 35 meters. Most of the debris we found seemed to have been there for a long time as there was a lot of silt and even some growth on the debris.

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