Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Kandooma Thila
13 September, 2019
- Team Leader
- Aleksandra Jamaica Mielenczuk
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (measured)
3.54486, 73.28632
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Kandooma Thila
- Organization/Dive Centre
- SCUBASPA Yang + SPOKO divers
- City
- Maafushi
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 13 September, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 38 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 3.54486
Longitude: 73.28632
- Weather Conditions
-
Heavy rain storms
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–28 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 96.7733 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal bolts | 4 |
| Metal nuts | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | Grey Reef Shark |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line with hook |
| Comments | Hook stuck in sharks mouth, we were unable to approach the shark to remove it |
Additional Information
Fishing line and hooks
Styrofoam food boxes (found floating on the surface)
Plastic food packaging
Comments and Feedback
It’s a popular dive site with strong currents and many pelagics, unfortunately many people are fishing directly on the pinnacle
