Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
19 October, 2019
- Team Leader
- Eszter
- Number of Participants
- 13
- Total Debris Collected
- 21.557 kgs (measured)
22.545909, 114.431823
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Tursiopsdivers
- City
- Hong Kong
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 19 October, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 44 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.545909
Longitude: 114.431823
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.2–7.1 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 6214.02 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 40 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 18 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 13 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 59 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 12 |
| Plastic Fragments | 101 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 12 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 7 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Toys | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Medication packing | 1 |
| Water pump | 1 |
| Tarp bags | 10 |
| Screw driver | 1 |
| Wooden chopsticks | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crabs |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Trapped in the bags |
Additional Information
Screw diver, water pump
Plastic wraps and bags
