Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS386 - Aqualife Divers Academy House Reef
20 December, 2017
- Team Leader
- Jon-Jon I. Suarez
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
11.953261, 121.928317
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS386 - Aqualife Divers Academy House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Aqualife Divers Academy
- City
- Boracay Island, Malay
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 20 December, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.953261
Longitude: 121.928317
- Weather Conditions
-
Three days before our survey, we experienced stormy weather with 25-knot winds and excessive rain.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sand with scattered rocks, corals and sea grass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 48 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 21 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Cigarette Filters | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 18 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 14 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 4 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sneaker/trainer | 1 |
Additional Information
One of the strongest storms of the year, Typhoon Urduja, swept through Boracay Island just three days prior, causing massive flooding. Runoff brought a lot of debris from inland to the shallow waters around the island. Nabaoy River on the mainland burst its banks and caused bad visibility at our dive sites due to suspended particles and silt. For this reason, we limited our survey to a small area.
plastic bags
food wrappers
beer bottles
Comments and Feedback
My team have uploaded a video of this activity on YouTube https://youtu.be/IqSX04Dww3U
