Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Naifaru House Reef
30 January, 2025
- Team Leader
- Elizabeth MacLeod
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 38.3 kgs (measured)
5.4394515472159, 73.364256894263
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Naifaru House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Aqua Dive
- City
- Naifaru
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 30 January, 2025
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.4394515472159
Longitude: 73.364256894263
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–17 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 529.66 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 26 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 14 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 19 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 3 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 14 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 6 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 182 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 14 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 12 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 23 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 8 |
| Cloth Fragments | 49 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 26 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 6 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cement bags | 25 |
| Cement bag fragments | 52 |
| Massive netting | 1 |
Additional Information
VCR tape
Cement bags
Fishing line
Plastic fragments
