Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mala Wharf
23 July, 2022
- Team Leader
- Renee Street
- Number of Participants
- 15
- Total Debris Collected
- 100 lbs (measured)
20.885255, -156.687288
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mala Wharf
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Maui
- City
- Lahaina
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 23 July, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 57 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 20.885255
Longitude: -156.687288
- Weather Conditions
-
Huge swells
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–28 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 1935.49 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Diapers/nappies | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 51 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 34 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 142 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 61 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 11 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 39 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 11 |
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 15 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Surf board leash | 1 |
Additional Information
Huge swells. Brought in trash, washed it off shore, and uncovered it under the sand.
Fishing lures
Fishing sinkers
Fishing line
