Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Suwami North
18 August, 2018
- Team Leader
- Dave
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 106.9 kgs (measured)
8.578479, 81.241607
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Suwami North
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scuba Safaris
- City
- Trincomalee
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Date
- 18 August, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 8.578479
Longitude: 81.241607
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 13846.3 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 2 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 11 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 18 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 32 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 4 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Reef Fish. Unsure Of Name |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Fishing net |
| Comments | Freed swam away cut top of head. Had some line remaining. |
Additional Information
Regular fishing debris
Huge bet
Fishing net
Comments and Feedback
Still some remaining.
