Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Life Saving Reef Trincomalee
30 May, 2024
- Team Leader
- Samith Fernando
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (measured)
7.5960264, 80.4828811
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Life Saving Reef Trincomalee
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Kalpitiya Diving Center
- City
- Trincomalee
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Date
- 30 May, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 7.5960264
Longitude: 80.4828811
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 70.8 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 7 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 9 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | Sting Ray |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | Damaged by the hook |
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Moray Eel |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | Entangled |
Additional Information
A bucket
