Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Life Saving Reef Trincomalee
9 July, 2024
- Team Leader
- Samith Fernando
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 211 kgs (measured)
8.571582, 81.24033
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Life Saving Reef Trincomalee
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Kalpitiya Diving Center
- City
- Trincomalee
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Date
- 9 July, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 8.571582
Longitude: 81.24033
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1195.73 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- 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) | 1635 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1098 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 48 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 89 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 7 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 29 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 29 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 12 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 21 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Toothbrushes | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 32 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 13 |
| Bags (cloth) | 18 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Puffer Fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Net |
| Comments | Dead Puffer fish |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crabs |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Nets |
| Comments | Dead crabs |
Additional Information
Yes
Plastic bag
Plastic bag
Plastic bottles
Nets
Comments and Feedback
This area we did reef cleaning program last month world Ocean Day.but we did again.lots of debris again.
Need to save our environment.
