Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS386 - Aqualife Divers Academy House Reef
30 January, 2018
- Team Leader
- Jon-Jon I. Suarez
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 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
- 30 January, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.953261
Longitude: 121.928317
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny with light breezes coming from the northeast. Scattered rains showers the day before.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1500 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-grocery/retail (plastic) | 80 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 11 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Cigar Tips | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 9 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 3 |
| Cigarette Filters | 8 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 2 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 10 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 3 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 14 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 9 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Fireworks | 26 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sunglasses | 1 |
| Sun hat | 3 |
Additional Information
It is now peak tourist season on Boracay Island. This is our first survey after the New Year celebrations when we had so many tourists; therefore most of the items collected this time were discarded by tourists.
Sunglasses and hats
Plastic bags
Food wrappers
Beer bottles
Comments and Feedback
My team have uploaded a video of this activity on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fji2nxvQTVg&feature=youtu.be
