Another amazing underwater beach clean-up at Oceans 5 Dive resort Gili Air.
Every Wednesday, the Oceans 5 team mobilizes to clean Gili air’s harbor.
We include our lovely divers into the experience and give them the possibility to do something for the ocean.
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Every day tons of our daily life trash makes its way to the ocean.
If you have a choice to dive in a soup of plastic, the smell of petrol around you, seeing more rubbish than fish or diving in crystal clear water? The choice is easy isn’t it?
Marine debris also affects reefs in many areas. Marine debris is any human-made object that is discarded, disposed of, or abandoned that enters coastal and ocean waters. Debris may enter directly from a ship or indirectly when washed out to sea via rivers, streams, and storm drains. Hundreds of human-made items end up as marine debris, including plastics (from bags to balloons, hard hats to fishing line), glass, metal, rubber (millions of tires!), and even entire vessels.
Plastic debris kills several reef species. Derelict (abandoned) fishing nets and other gear—often called “ghost nets” because they still catch fish and other marine life despite being abandoned—can entangle and kill reef organisms and break or damage reefs. Even remote reef systems suffer the effects of marine debris.
This is why Oceans 5 dive resort organizes every week a Beach and Reef clean up in the Harbor of Gili Air, Lombok, Indonesia. Most of the time our Divemaster trainees, instructors, divemasters, and diveguides are organizing the event. Everyone can join, divers and non divers. It is free. The goal is to take all the rubbish out of the harbor of Gili Air. This is a hard job because during raining season it looks like that the harbor attracts all the rubbish and that the reefs collect it. But Oceans 5 dive resort believes that something has to be done. And with little help we try to protect a beautiful reef in front of the dive shop.
If you are on Gili Air, Indonesia just visit us if you want to know more about the clean ups or if you want to join.
Marine debris is everyone’s problem. It is a global problem affecting everything from the environment to the economy; from fishing and navigation to human health and safety; from the tiniest coral polyps to giant blue whales. Marine debris also comes in many forms, from a cigarette butt to a 4,000-pound derelict fishing net.
Marine debris is a problem we can solve together. Although marine debris is found worldwide, we can all help with the smallest actions. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and participate in local beach or stream cleanups. If we each do a little, together we can make a big difference.
Yesterday Oceans 5 dive resort organized another reef clean up. Instructor Phil, Divemaster Yvonne and Divemaster Trainee Budi took care of 7 other divers who wanted to help.
The clean up started at 16.00. At that time the preparation started with preparing the bags, the gloves and all the equipment. At 16.30 Divemaster Yvonne gave a dive briefing about how everyone should take the rubbish away, the bottom time, the max depth and buddy teams.
The first divers came after 44 minutes out of th water. They had 3 bags full of rubbish. After this each buddy team and the result was shocking……
After we had last time 15 bags of rubbish now the divers collected another 12 bags of rubbish! It looks a little bit better in the front of Oceans 5 dive resort, but still a lot of work has to be done.
For further information about the reef clean ups: info@oceans5dive.com
Yesterday 12 people joined the beach and reef clean up in the front of Oceans 5 dive resort, Gili air, Gili islands.
After sorting out all the equipment there was a briefing about the dive site, max dive time, max depth, what kind of rubbish we should take, how to take out the rubbish and be aware that some rubbish is already new living for someone…
Before the buddy teams were formed everyone has got some gloves and a bag.
After one hour of diving the result was 10 bag full of rubbish, all kind of things.
Dont think that the divers didnt see anything else than plastic, thats not true. Seahorses, pipefish, mimic octopus etc were all around during the clean up.
For more information: info@oceans5dive.com
Every week Oceans 5 dive resort tries to organise a beach and reef clean up in the front of their dive resort.
Last week 16 persons joined the the reef clean up. The group was split up in smaller groups with all their own local divemaster. The result of the clean up was 12 bags of rubbish. Its all kind of rubbish.
The dive site looks a bit better now and Oceans 5 dive resort like to thank all the the people who joined the clean up and think about the environment around the Gili Islands.
For more information: info@oceans5dive.com
The Gili Islands dont have police, dogs, cars and motorbikes. Every island has his own head of the island. This person is the person when you have some problems, when you want to start building, when you want to start a business on the islands. His vote is crucial.
The head of the island of Gili and some of his staff air did last year their Padi open water course. They were interested why tourists come to the Gili islands, and how the underwater world looks like.
Once in a while the head of the island helps Oceans 5 dive resort with the weekly Beach and Reef clean up. And yesterday he and his staff came again and helped with out local staff to clean the harbor.
The result of the beach and reef and reef clean up were another 5 full bags of rubbish. Mostly plastic, cans, bottles and waterbottles.
Oceans 5 like to thank everyone who joined the clean up
After a few clean ups the result is almost there. There is less and less rubbish in the front of Oceans 5 dive resort, and the more and more fish life is comming back. Special marine life what is been spotted during the clean up, 4 kind of Seahorses and Ornate Ghost Pipefish.
Oceans 5 is proud that all the work that everybody has put in to clean the Harbor has a result. Oceans 5 wants to thank everyone who helped them with the clean ups in the past, now and in the future.
Oceans 5 dive resort organises every wednesday a Beach and Reef Clean Up. It is free and everyone can join, divers ad non-divers.
Yesterday a lot of people helped us with cleaning the area in the front of Oceans 5 dive resort. The result was 8 bags of rubbish. It is all kind of rubbish, like platic water bottles, beer bottles, platic of candies, coca cola cans, etc.
Oceans 5 dive resort wants to thank all the people who helped with the Beach and Reef Clean Up. Hopefully we dont have to clean this part of Gili Air not that often any more and we can switch to other parts of the island.
The weekly organised Beach and Reef Clean Up in the Harbor of Gili Air yesterday was a great success. This time not only the guests, instructors and divemasters of Oceans 5 dive resort were joining the clean Up, but also more local people, like the head of the Island of Gili Air.
The result of the Beach and Reef Clean Up was a lot of rubbish! The Harbor becomes cleaner and cleaner every week. Still there is a lot of work to do! If you want to join: info@oceans5dive.com
Yesterday Oceans 5 organised another Beach and Reef Clean Up in the front of the dive resort. Customers, Staff, divemaster trainees and instructors were joining.
Instructor Fanny gave to everyone clear instructions before the Clean Up started, and buddy teams were formed.The goal is collect all the rubbish in front of Oceans 5. Its oceans 5 house reef and its famous for muck diving. You will find here all kind of little creatures you never have seen before.
The result of the Clean Up was 8 bags full of garbage.
If you wan to hav more information about the Clean Ups or if you want to join next wednesday, contact us at info@oceans5dive.com