Dive Against Debris Data Submission
BBQ Beach, Feridhoo
29 October, 2023
- Team Leader
- Federico Remondi
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 60 kgs (estimated)
4.0496954015509, 72.731212612899
Survey Information
- Location Name
- BBQ Beach, Feridhoo
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Noohiri Diving Center
- City
- feridhoo
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 29 October, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 20 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 4.0496954015509
Longitude: 72.731212612899
- Weather Conditions
-
Variable weather with sunny days and stormy nights
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- gravel
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 60 |
Additional Information
On the island people were used to dump all their trash in the ocean. It is extremely visible the huge amount of trash focused in the area. Layers of fabrics on top of each other, wheels, metal objects and so on, all in few hundreds meters of the coast, ecactely where the beach is closest to the outside of the reef.
fabrics
fishing lines
ropes
Comments and Feedback
Much more trash is present underwater in the area and all the amount of pieces counted have been estimated between me and my collegue. In 20 minutes we collected all the trash we could carry back on the beach. Few months ago they removed 600Kg of trash in 2 hours in 5 people.
