A tourist visiting the usually-picturesque Indian Ocean paradise island of Bali was shocked by the sheer amount of plastic waste floating in the sea.<br /><br />Sara Walsh, 25, was on a snorkeling boat trip with her brother Shane Walsh, 21, when they came across large amounts of rubbish floating off the sun-kissed beaches.<br /><br />Swimwear designer Sara and brother Shane decided to go on a snorkeling trip while on holiday on Bali's Nusa Penida<br /><br />But the pair were horrified by the amount of pollution in the water at the popular tourist hotspot.<br /><br />Sara, from Stow, Massachusetts, USA, said: "This was our first stop on the snorkelling trip. They took us to an area where you could see Manta Rays. <br /><br />"The ocean surface was very obviously covered in trash and plastic. But the tour guides seemed to see no issue with this and automatically started getting people in the water. <br /><br />"I believe most people from our boat did jump in, but they very quickly got back on the boat because of how disgusting the water was."<br /><br />Sara was in Bali on business, as the factory that produces her swimwear brand, is based on the island.<br /><br />She added: "I believe we stopped at three more places to snorkel and the rest of the places seemed much cleaner and had less trash. <br /><br />"I know that Bali has heavy ocean pollution, which is why I work with a sustainable factory that is trying to help clean their waters.<br /><br />"I was disgusted. It is truly terrible that we are the cause of all this trash being in our oceans. <br /><br />"It felt gross jumping into the water. I stayed in for maybe 30 seconds. <br /><br />"But I mostly feel for the animals in the ocean that are being subjected to all our trash."<br /><br />The footage was captured on April 11.
