Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Roda Reef Dive against Debris
14 May, 2024
- Team Leader
- Marianne Woodward
- Number of Participants
- 15
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 kgs (estimated)
-8.5572806350984, 125.50430344528
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Roda Reef Dive against Debris
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Timor Lorosae
- City
- Dili
- Country
- Timor-Leste
- Date
- 14 May, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -8.5572806350984
Longitude: 125.50430344528
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–27 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Artificial Reef on sand
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 18 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 50 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 23 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| pen | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Damsel fish |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Nets |
Additional Information
A local fisherman lost his net which smothered the reef
Pen
Fishing Net entangled on the reef
Fishing line entangled on the reef
Comments and Feedback
This was a collective clean up involving 4 different dive centres and guests in Timor Leste. The 4 dive centres were Dive Timor Lorosae, Aquatica, Dreamers Dive Academy and Compass.
