Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Madi miyaru kanmathi
11 February, 2023
- Team Leader
- Suju
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 56 kgs (estimated)
4.2205086611273, 73.531653989145
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Madi miyaru kanmathi
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ocean Junkies dive center
- City
- Hulhumale’
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 11 February, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 4.2205086611273
Longitude: 73.531653989145
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm and sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 150 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) | 5 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 11 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 12 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 5 |
| Appliances: Household | 6 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 15 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 8 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 16 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 4 |
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 6 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing filament | 10 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Coral |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | We removed the fishing line carefully, using a dive knife to avoid harm to the coral structure |
Additional Information
Fishing trips
Computer casing
Fishing line
Metal cans
Fishing hooks
