Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Clean up dive, Avana harbour.
19 November, 2015
- Team Leader
- Steve Lyon
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 kgs (estimated)
-21.244737, -159.725126
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Clean up dive, Avana harbour.
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pacific Divers - Rarotonga
- City
- Muri
- Country
- Cook Islands
- Date
- 19 November, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 57 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -21.244737
Longitude: -159.725126
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm and sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5669 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 6 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 3 |
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
clearlite folder
Comments and Feedback
Avana passage on the outside is a great dive site. There was actually surprising little debris, which was great to see.
