Dive Against Debris Data Submission
MOALBOAL
4 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- Mathew Severance
- Number of Participants
- 135
- Total Debris Collected
- 1117 kgs (measured)
9.94915340129458, 123.36573600769043
Survey Information
- Location Name
- MOALBOAL
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Savedra Dive Center
- City
- Moalboal
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 4 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.94915340129458
Longitude: 123.36573600769043
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny/ light wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–21 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1458230 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- 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: Trash (plastic) | 222 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 222 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 505 |
Additional Information
All trash collected seemed to be household waste
broken glass
food wrappers
Comments and Feedback
Impressed by the children's willingness and commitment to cleaning up their community. Particular motivated by prizes sponsored by PADI (Open Water Courses/DSD)
While we removed more than a ton worth of trash the community still has opportunisties to do further work cleaning up their eniviroment
