Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Feridhoo, House Reef

21 April, 2024

Team Leader
Claudio Lovato
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
30 kgs (estimated)

4.0512933413316, 72.725526595348

Survey Information

Location Name
Feridhoo, House Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Noohiri Diving and Watersport Center
City
Feridhoo
Country
Maldives
Date
21 April, 2024
Survey Duration
46 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 4.0512933413316
Longitude: 72.725526595348
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
1–6 meters
Area Surveyed
8000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 13
Caps & Lids (plastic) 16
Cigarette Lighters 18
Fishing: Line 23
Food Wrappers (plastic) 6
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Plastic Fragments 56
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 9
Beverage Bottles (glass) 12
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 14
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 22
Caps & Lids (metal) 15
Wrappers (foil/metal) 11
Metal Fragments 23
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 14
Towels/rags 10
Cloth Fragments 36
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 18
mixed materials collected
Clothing 37
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 8
Toys 10

Unfortunately, it's a place where people used to drop the trash in the ocean, os at the moment a lot of debris are under the sand and with waves and storms they are coming out.

Full bottle of parfume

Pieces of glass

Big Tires

Fishing lines

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?