Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
3 March, 2018
- Team Leader
- Tursiopsdiver
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 4.12 kgs (measured)
22.545909, 114.431823
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Tung Ping Chau Island
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 3 March, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 68 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.545909
Longitude: 114.431823
- Weather Conditions
-
Misty with sunny periods.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.8–2.7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 590.6 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) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 41 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 5 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 27 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Medication packaging | 1 |
Additional Information
Due to the full moon the tidal change might have been more thank usual. We also found lots of rubbish on the shore.
Ping-pong ball
Plastic
Comments and Feedback
We also found some items that were too big for us to remove: Big PVC pipe, tire, big metal plats, bouye
