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ADS426 - House Reef Outrigger Konotta Maldives

8 June, 2018

Team Leader
Joan Li
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
30 kgs (estimated)

0.46258801100945, 73.156623343355

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS426 - House Reef Outrigger Konotta Maldives
Organization/Dive Centre
Bestdives Maldives, Konotta
City
Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll
Country
Maldives
Date
8 June, 2018
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 0.46258801100945
Longitude: 73.156623343355
Weather Conditions
Occasionally raining
Survey Depth Range
5–10 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 140
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 43
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 2
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 16
Cigarette Lighters 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 4
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Diapers/nappies 1
Fishing: Line 8
Foam Insulation & Packaging 16
Food Wrappers (plastic) 25
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 23
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 62
Straws, Stirrers 1
Toothbrushes 3
Plastic Fragments 4
Strapping Bands (plastic) 23
Rope (plastic/nylon) 8
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Jars-food (glass) 3
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 6
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 19
Pipes & Rebar 8
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 10
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 13
Wood Fragments 10
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 6
Towels/rags 6
Cloth Fragments 27
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 17

This dive clean up is organised together with a snorkel clean up. Another 11 people helped with snorkeling and land staff that were helping as well.

Champagne glass

Sacks for construction


139 bags entered as rubbish bags were Plastic Sacks from construction

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