Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Velaa Beach
13 October, 2023
- Team Leader
- Jamaica
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 lbs (measured)
5.4395509638469, 73.363842238216
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Velaa Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Saving Planet Ocean
- City
- Naifaru
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 13 October, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 53 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.4395509638469
Longitude: 73.363842238216
- Weather Conditions
-
Strong wind and Rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–11 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5611.96 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 8 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
Mostly fresh food wrappers, must be the wind that blew it from land
Plastic bottles
Food wrappers
