Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Giraavaru Harbor
18 May, 2022
- Team Leader
- Ismail Samooh
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
4.2006203850558, 73.413752078303
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Giraavaru Harbor
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Giraavaru
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 18 May, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 25 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 4.2006203850558
Longitude: 73.413752078303
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy and rough
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 25 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Rock and sandy
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 13 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 9 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Cloth |
| Comments | 3 little crabs were rescued |
