Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Six Senses Laamu House Reef
22 March, 2014
- Team Leader
- Petra Hellmann
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 50 kgs (estimated)
1.817246, 73.40395
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Six Senses Laamu House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ocean Dimensions
- City
- Olhuveli Island
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 22 March, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 1.817246
Longitude: 73.40395
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny & calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 5 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 8 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Diapers/nappies | 10 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 10 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 10 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Cigarette Filters | 12 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 3 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 8 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
- wind blowing items into the sea - neighbour local island throwing their rubbish into the sea - hessian bags used to battle sand errosion problems
sunglasses, shoes, table cloth
metal rods
baby nappies
hessian bags
Comments and Feedback
We repeatedly do clean up snorkels and dives.
We had divers and snorkelers from USA, Germany, France, Sri Lanka and the UK taking part.
