Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS529 - Manafaru House Reef
14 December, 2019
- Team Leader
- Mohamed Shuhaan
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.7 kgs (estimated)
6.9989840178836, 72.943805967824
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS529 - Manafaru House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Best Dives Maldives
- City
- JA Manafaru Resort
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 14 December, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 58 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 6.9989840178836
Longitude: 72.943805967824
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly sunny with cloudy periods.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–7.7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 25 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
Change in weather condition from west monsoon to east monsoon ( strong winds coming from east )
Fishing line due to commercial fishing
Plastic, due to change in weather
Metal debrees and electrical wire due to jetty construction
Comments and Feedback
The jetty area that we surveyed hasn't been used due to change in seasonal winds, therefore the guest resort activities has decreased which corresponds to the amount of debris collected.
