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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS43 - House Reef of Kontiki Mactan

10 February, 2019

Team Leader
Rikka
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
5 kgs (estimated)

10.282194, 123.999167

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS43 - House Reef of Kontiki Mactan
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Funatics
City
Lapulapu
Country
Philippines
Date
10 February, 2019
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.282194
Longitude: 123.999167
Weather Conditions
sunny
Survey Depth Range
0.5–17 meters
Area Surveyed
614 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 7
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Diapers/nappies 1
Fishing: Line 16
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 4
Food Wrappers (plastic) 7
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 17
Cigarette Filters 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 3
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 2
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 6
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
other materials collected
wet wipes 20

Fluvial parade during the Sinulog 2019 activities happened last 19January. Exceptional number of yellow and red fragments of plastic likely from buntings similar to the colors of Sinulog.

Wet wipes covering corals

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