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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS541 - Middle Reef

31 August, 2020

Team Leader
Ana Mestek
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
18.2 kgs (measured)

-8.1417061860902, 114.65579459678

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS541 - Middle Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Easy Divers Bali
City
Pemuteran
Country
Indonesia
Date
31 August, 2020
Survey Duration
53 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -8.1417061860902
Longitude: 114.65579459678
Weather Conditions
Sunny, dry, a bit windy
Survey Depth Range
2–8 meters
Area Surveyed
520 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 68
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Balloons 1
Baskets, Crates 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 11
Caps & Lids (plastic) 8
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 8
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 6
Diapers/nappies 8
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Foam Insulation & Packaging 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 310
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Straws, Stirrers 12
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 2
Plastic Fragments 14
Cigarette Filters 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 15
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 1
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Drums: 55 Gallon 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 85
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 18
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 5
Toys 1
other materials collected
Protective plastic cover for smartphone 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Sea urchin
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris plastic fragments

Hindu ceremony on the beach (textile trash)

Plastic cover for a smartphone

Plastic food wrappers

Diapers

Aluminium food wrappers


We focused on the seagrass area, where most of the trash was.

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