Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Wanini Beach Kauai
21 September, 2013
- Team Leader
- Scott Bacon
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 91.8 kgs (measured)
22.227574, -159.455974
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Wanini Beach Kauai
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Malama Na Apapa
- City
- Kilauea
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 21 September, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 75 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.227574
Longitude: -159.455974
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm a little rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–36 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 7367 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 16 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing NEts | 3 |
| Fishing pole | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Montipora patula and other corals |
| Number Entangled | 15 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Nets |
| Comments | Coral heads entangled. Some dead some dying |
Additional Information
Net fishing, Commercial vessel ghost net and local gill net
Fish Pole
Nets
