Giving Back
Ocean Clean Up
The best people to clean up underwater trash are scuba divers! As such, The Submersibles regularly supports cleanup efforts in the waters around Singapore. Together with the local government organizations and NGOs we stand united in our efforts to keep the waters and reefs healthy for future generations.
Ocean Clean Up - 9 Sep 2023
What better way to spend a Sat than an ocean cleanup? Many thanks go out to Joséphine Viggers with the money raised and generous support of The Dulwich Murugason Sustainability Fund for sponsoring this clean up. 131 pcs of rubbish picked and weighing 11.5kg with lots of plastic bottles and caps!
Thank you all from The Submersibles and DiveAgainstDebris cleanup crew.
Ocean Clean Up - 8 Oct 2022
Out we went again to do our part for the environment.
Results of the clean-up:
Boat 1
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Dive 1: 85 items, 4.5kg
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Dive 2: 48 items, 38kg
Boat 2
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Dive 1: 147 items, 9.7kg
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Dive 2: 107 items, 5.4kg
Wondering what they comprise? Fishing lines, mineral water bottles, fish cages and lots of metal debris.
Special thanks to Jackson Square Aviation for the sponsor and our partners @oursingaporereefs and @coastalnatives.sg! Thank you to the guides volunteers and our S.Crews for making the event a success!
World Oceans Day Clean Up Dive - 8 June 2022
Today, we have 3 boats, 27 divers and 3 surface support!
We collected a total of 411 items that weighed 71kg. These items were mainly fishing lines and plastic bottles. Oh yes, there was a bolster too!!!
Event was sponsored by Jackson Square Aviation and Hapag-Lloyd AG.
Supported by Our Singapore Reefs, Coastal Natives, The Submersibles and SS Scuba.
Thank you all sponsors, divers, S.crews, PADI, PADI AWARE Foundation and everyone behind the scene!
World Oceans Day Clean Up Dive - 8 June 2022
Today, we have 3 boats, 27 divers and 3 surface support!
We collected a total of 411 items that weighed 71kg. These items were mainly fishing lines and plastic bottles. Oh yes, there was a bolster too!!!
Event was sponsored by Jackson Square Aviation and Hapag-Lloyd AG.
Supported by Our Singapore Reefs, Coastal Natives, The Submersibles and SS Scuba.
Thank you all sponsors, divers, S.crews, PADI, PADI AWARE Foundation and everyone behind the scene!
Earth Day Ocean Clean Up, 22 April 2022
Thank you all the sponsors and volunteers for making this happen. Your efforts contributed greatly to the success of this event. We look forward to your continued volunteer involvement with Ocean Clean Ups.
Event was sponsored by Jackson Square Aviation and co-sponsored by ADN.
A total of apprx. 50kg collected from 2 boats. 170+ plastic bottles collected from one boat alone... let's continue to do our part for the ocean.
Boat #1 - 179 items, 12 kg
Most common: Fishing line - 110m | Plastic bottles - 39 | Fishing sinkers - 23
Boat #2 - 289 items, 20.5kg
Most common: Plastic bottles - 173 | Fishing line - 34 | Sinkers - 11
Lazarus - 7th March 2020
The Submersibles went back to Lazarus last Saturday (7th March 2020) for another clean up. This time round covering Lazarus North and Lazarus West. More than 200 over pieces of debris were retrieved from the ocean, with most of them being fishing related stuff.
Details of the debris can be found at:
• Dive #1: www.projectaware.org/debris-data/lazarus-north-2-9
• Dive #2: www.projectaware.org/debris-data/lazarus-west-5
Very grateful to Todd Rosin together with Asia Development Network Pte. Ltd. and Aquapak Polymers Inc. for sponsoring this event. Many thanks to Aaron Wong and Jasmine Tee from Asian Divers for covering the event, do check out Aaron’s Instagram www.instagram.com/p/B9dtFGvHr96/ for his amazing photos of Lazarus!
Sincerely appreciative of all the volunteers that helped out for the event both underwater and on surface. Special shoutout to the our amazing S.Crew (Yixiong, Hilary, Samuel, Geetha, Wena, Lynette Seah, Lisa, Ewan, Zhaobin & Denise) for running the event smoothly.
Last but not least, thank you for liking and sharing this event to spread the awareness of our ocean!
Photos courtesy of Aaron Wong
You'th Dive Against Debris
Pulau Hantu South Jetty - 10 June 2018
Once again, thank you The Submersibles for organizing and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore - MPA for sponsoring the You'th Dive Against Debris hosted by NUS Dive Club!
Let's be mindful of what's entering our oceans!
Number of Participants: 24
Total Debris Collected: 87.5kgs
