Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Life Saving Reef Trincomalee
16 June, 2024
- Team Leader
- Samith Fernando
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 140 kgs (measured)
8.571368, 81.240982
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Life Saving Reef Trincomalee
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Kalpitiya Diving Center
- City
- Trincomalee
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Date
- 16 June, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 8.571368
Longitude: 81.240982
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2679.41 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 250 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 150 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 75 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 60 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 25 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 198 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 28 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 12 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 58 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 7 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 18 |
| Towels/rags | 18 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 2 |
Additional Information
Yes
Plastic
Plastic cup
Plastic bag
Plastic bottles
