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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Sham Wan, Lamma Island

11 November, 2017

Team Leader
Tusiopsdiver
Number of Participants
15
Total Debris Collected
100 kgs (estimated)

22.187909161528, 114.13473095745

Survey Information

Location Name
Sham Wan, Lamma Island
Organization/Dive Centre
Mandarin divers
City
Lamma Island
Country
Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Date
11 November, 2017
Survey Duration
34 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 22.187909161528
Longitude: 114.13473095745
Weather Conditions
Sunny and windy
Survey Depth Range
1.7–7.7 meters
Area Surveyed
725.84 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 12
Bait Containers, Packaging 8
Balloons 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 74
Bottles: Oil/lube 4
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 16
Caps & Lids (plastic) 12
Cigarette Lighters 4
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 17
Diapers/nappies 1
Fishing: Line 10
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 25
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 41
Gloves (latex) 2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 7
Straws, Stirrers 3
Syringes (plastic) 2
Plastic Fragments 56
Strapping Bands (plastic) 8
Rope (plastic/nylon) 13
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 16
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 3
Rubber Bands 4
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 6
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 11
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 10
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 5
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 15
Toys 1
other materials collected
Slap on bracelet 1
Gameboy 1
Pen 3
Tube of hygiene products 4
Metal wire with rubber tubing 2
Bubble wrap 2
Sunglasses 5
Plastic toy fragment, looks like a propeller 1
Cleaning brush with plastic handle 1
Swimming googles 1

Gameboy, sunglasses, lots of shoes

Plastic

Abandoned fishing gears


This was a ghostnet recovery dive. We found one big floating net and lots of old net pieces. The visibility was very low 0.5-1 m.

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