Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS384 - Fushifaru Housereef
3 November, 2018
- Team Leader
- Susanna Yli-Urpo
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 kgs (estimated)
5.492182, 73.512166
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS384 - Fushifaru Housereef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Best Dives Fushifaru
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 3 November, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.492182
Longitude: 73.512166
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny, windy and little waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–22 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- sandy reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 12 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 75 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
Additional Information
resorts construction work
scale
mesh bags
plastic strapping bands
oil trum (cannot remove, too heavy)
Comments and Feedback
This was our first Adopt a dive site Dive against the debris dive at our housereef. Resort opened 4 months ago.
