Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Laplight
7 September, 2024
- Team Leader
- Linda Weinländer
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (measured)
11.345172977959, 124.10864803711
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Laplight
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Thresher Shark Divers
- City
- Malapascua
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 7 September, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.345172977959
Longitude: 124.10864803711
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy, rough waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 400 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 175 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Shrimp |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Food wrapper |
Additional Information
Local storm that led to big waves and a lot of wind
Pair of underwear
Ropes
Thin plastic bags
