Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Maliko Bay
26 June, 2022
- Team Leader
- Alex
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 lbs (estimated)
20.937133, -156.340728
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Maliko Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Haiku-Pauwela
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 26 June, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 104 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 20.937133
Longitude: -156.340728
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, minor swell, some rain the day before
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–59 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 60522.8 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Balls | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 30 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sea Turtle | |
| Species or Common Name | Green Sea Turtle |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | Several dozen feet of line wrapped around a turtle, especially the front left flipper. The turtle wasn't using the tangled flipper. The turtle approached us later in the dive, so we cut off the line that we could but were unable to free the flipper. |
Additional Information
No, but it's a local fishing spot
Men's swim trunks (deteriorated)
Fishing line
Fishing weights
Fishing debris
