Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Christmas dive against Debris
12 December, 2023
- Team Leader
- Marianne Woodward
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 kgs (estimated)
-8.5565250463978, 125.49947553782
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Christmas dive against Debris
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Timor Lorosae
- City
- Dili
- Country
- Timor-Leste
- Date
- 12 December, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -8.5565250463978
Longitude: 125.49947553782
- Weather Conditions
-
calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 730 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 14 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 30 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 56 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| ghost net 30m x 3m | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | scorpionfish |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | damselfish |
Additional Information
no
spark plug
Ghost net 30m x 3m smothering the coral reef
fishing line caught in staghorn coral
plastic bottles
