Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS386 - Aqualife Divers Academy House Reef
9 March, 2018
- Team Leader
- Jon-Jon I. Suarez
- Number of Participants
- 6
- 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
- 9 March, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.953261
Longitude: 121.928317
- Weather Conditions
-
Very sunny, no wind, calm waters
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2000 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) | 180 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 6 |
| Balloons | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 28 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 17 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 7 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 147 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 15 |
| Cigarette Filters | 56 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 12 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 30 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 11 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 4 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 3 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 7 |
| Toys | 3 |
Additional Information
The month of March is the middle of tourist peak season on Boracay Island. Most of the trash we collected seemed to have been discarded from sailboats that offer island-hopping tours.
Rubber tire
Plastic bags
Beverage bottles
Cigarette butts
