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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Koloa Landing

21 April, 2012

Team Leader
Scott Bacon
Number of Participants
30
Total Debris Collected
2000 lbs (estimated)

21.878186, -159.468656

Survey Information

Location Name
Koloa Landing
Organization/Dive Centre
Malama Na Apapa
City
Koloa
Country
United States
Date
21 April, 2012
Survey Duration
110 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 21.878186
Longitude: -159.468656
Weather Conditions
Sunny 3-5 foot waves
Survey Depth Range
1–43 feet
Area Surveyed
90000 ft2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 5
Balls 217
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 7
Caps & Lids (plastic) 13
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Fishing: Line 126
Food Wrappers (plastic) 61
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 6
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Plastic Fragments 130
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 7
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 13
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 3
Rubber Fragments 5
wood materials collected
Pallets 3
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 3
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
other materials collected
Green Waste 2000

Smoke Detector


In March we had heavy rains 40 inches within 3 days. They opened the flood gates of the resevoir washing tons of debris and green waste into the Koloa Landing Reef.

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