Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sharp Island
14 September, 2024
- Team Leader
- Matthew Tung
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
22.3573726, 114.2943703
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sharp Island
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Moji Dive HK
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 14 September, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 46 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.3573726
Longitude: 114.2943703
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 300 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
Additional Information
Not too much rubbish was found in the dive site as Sharp Island is the most common dive site in HK diving training. Little rubbish will be clean up every dive by diving instructor and stusents. However, sometimes fisherman will be there putting the net to catch fishes that can explain why there is fishing net in the site.
