Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Buyong Beach
21 September, 2019
- Team Leader
- KyungHyuk Kwon
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
10.286035496736, 124.00252373162
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Buyong Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Seahorsedive
- City
- Lapu lapu city
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 21 September, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 80 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.286035496736
Longitude: 124.00252373162
- Weather Conditions
-
Previous week, there were some affects of low atmospheric pressure and was quite windy.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 21 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
Additional Information
Many houses are concentrated along with the coastal area. Most of the debris we found were household wastes such as food wrappers, food and drink containers in glass, metals, and plastics.
Metal paint container
Food wrappers, there are many houses along with the costal area, and many island hopping or diving boats that sail with snacks and foods that could be littered or fly away by the wind.
Glass bottles. It could become habitats of some species underwater.
Cigarette butts. There are many in and out of the coasts.
