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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

North Coast

19 September, 2020

Team Leader
Archil Mondon
Number of Participants
16
Total Debris Collected
37 kgs (measured)

-4.615919, 55.412885

Survey Information

Location Name
North Coast
Organization/Dive Centre
Underwater Centre
City
Beau Vallon
Country
Seychelles
Date
19 September, 2020
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -4.615919
Longitude: 55.412885
Weather Conditions
Fair
Survey Depth Range
6–12 meters
Area Surveyed
10255.5 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 7
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 5
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 7
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 28
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
Straws, Stirrers 2
Plastic Fragments 12
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 4
Beverage Bottles (glass) 11
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Cars & Car Parts 5
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 3
Batteries: Car Or Boat 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 5
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Bags (cloth) 5
Rope And String (cloth) 5
Cloth Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
other materials collected
Fibre glass pieces 10

Survey site was close to river runoff

Car side mirror

Plastic wrappers

Car battery (heavy)


Dive area is not an official dive site.

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