Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mushroom Garden
29 August, 2023
- Team Leader
- Kartik
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
8.7175062872905, 81.208947868842
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mushroom Garden
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divinguru Nilaveli
- City
- Nilaveli
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Date
- 29 August, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 8.7175062872905
Longitude: 81.208947868842
- Weather Conditions
-
Rough
Onshore winds
Strong Underwater currents
- Survey Depth Range
- 7–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 24 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
Additional Information
Fishing
None
Fishing net
Comments and Feedback
Nico and Tharashan had found the fishing net during their dive. The dive was about to end when they spotted the huge fishing net and wished to remove it. Tharashan asked me to join the dive in the afternoon where the objective was to free the rocky reef from the fishing net. We found the nets stuck in poccilopora corals grown on the rocky reef. We removed the entire net with proper care and cutting devices without hurting the corals and the inhabitants of the corals. I felt a relief after the entire process, and could sense a feeling of freedom from the creatures end as well.
