Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS557 - Muravandhoo House Reef
24 August, 2020
- Team Leader
- Aura Torres
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 16 kgs (estimated)
5.6060130991471, 72.951943874359
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS557 - Muravandhoo House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Center
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 24 August, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.6060130991471
Longitude: 72.951943874359
- Weather Conditions
-
temperatures around 30-32 ºC. Sunny days, wind 15-25 km/h .
- Survey Depth Range
- 3.2–10.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 40 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 6 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 11 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 16 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 6 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 22 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 5 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 37 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bolt | 5 |
| plastic cable tie | 5 |
| surgery mask | 1 |
| phone case | 1 |
Additional Information
plastic bags
trapping bands
fishing lines
