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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Seafront

15 September, 2018

Team Leader
Christina Shaw
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
91 kgs (measured)

-17.73682074619, 168.3120898658

Survey Information

Location Name
Seafront
Organization/Dive Centre
Big Blue Vanuatu
City
Port Vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
15 September, 2018
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.73682074619
Longitude: 168.3120898658
Weather Conditions
Some showers and south easterly winds
Survey Depth Range
2–17 meters
Area Surveyed
4000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 15
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 11
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Plastic Fragments 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 58
Beverage Bottles (glass) 68
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 3
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 29
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Pipes & Rebar 2
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 3
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 6
Rope And String (cloth) 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 3
Clothing 1
other materials collected
Pieces of silt curtain 6
Drinking glass 1
Sunglasses 1
Umbrella 1
Fiberglass pieces 2
Knife and spoon - metal 2
Cooking pot - metal 1
Case for life raft (plastic) 1 (in 2 pieces)
welding stick 1

We are still finding debris from boats wrecked by Cyclone pam in 2015. Some construction materials are left from the rehabilitation of the seawall.

Case of life raft from yacht that sank in the cyclone.

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