Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Port Vila Seafront
17 September, 2023
- Team Leader
- Christina Shaw
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 123 kgs (measured)
-17.737198564103, 168.31207400072
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Port Vila Seafront
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Big Blue Vanuatu
- City
- Port Vila
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Date
- 17 September, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 48 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -17.737198564103
Longitude: 168.31207400072
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 12144.6 m2
- 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) | 14 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 41 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Fluorescent Light Tubes | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 33 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 89 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 86 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 19 |
| Clothing | 20 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 8 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 14 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Umbrella | 1 |
| Sunglasses plastic | 3 |
| Traffic cone | 1 |
| Aluminium plate -boat part | 1 |
Additional Information
2x cat 4 tropical cyclones in March this year
Traffic cone
Drink bottles
Food wrappers
Clothes and shoes
