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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Oassis hideawa

27 June, 2012

Team Leader
Ian Watson
Number of Participants
22
Total Debris Collected
45 kgs (measured)

-17.698979, 168.263168

Survey Information

Location Name
Oassis hideawa
Organization/Dive Centre
Hideaway Island Dive
City
Port Vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
27 June, 2012
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.698979
Longitude: 168.263168
Weather Conditions
Severe weather large seas and high winds
Survey Depth Range
0–21 meters
Area Surveyed
500 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Caps & Lids (plastic) 5
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 4
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 19
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 28
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 17
Metal Fragments 18
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 2
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 15
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 8
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 8
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 8
Clothing 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
other materials collected
Fiberglass frgmnets 5
Anchor 1
Paint fragments large 17

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Thanks to the University of Newcastle

6 of the divers were my students on there first open water dive after being certified All the Participants were from the marine science dept of the University of Newcastle in Australia

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