Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Vakkaru Jetty Lagoon
19 April, 2024
- Team Leader
- Lydia
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (estimated)
5.135145045067, 72.910259892839
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Vakkaru Jetty Lagoon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Splash Dive and Watersports
- City
- Vakkaru
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 19 April, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 99 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.135145045067
Longitude: 72.910259892839
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny with rainy stretches in-between
- Survey Depth Range
- 2.5–3.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 70 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 22 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 5 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass Fridge Shelf | 1 |
Additional Information
Rain from previous days & supply boat/garbage boat coming to island.
Fridge shelf
Fishing line
soda cans
plastic pieces (cable ties)
