Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Six Senses Laamu House Reef
8 June, 2014
- Team Leader
- Petra Hellmann
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 kgs (estimated)
1.817417, 73.405033
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Six Senses Laamu House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ocean Dimensions
- City
- Olhuveli Island
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 8 June, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 1.817417
Longitude: 73.405033
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny & calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 5 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Diapers/nappies | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Cigarette Filters | 10 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 10 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 8 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
We regularly find burlap bags during our clean ups. They are used around the island to protect the beach erosion and get washed to sea by the waves.
... underwear
brulap bags - get entangled in the coral
baby nappies - take for ever to decompose
floating plastic - gets eaten by turtles
Comments and Feedback
As the 8th of June is the World Oceans Day it was a great opportunity to raise awareness and organize a clean up. Divers and snorkelers from Japan, UK, Czech Republic, India and Nepal took part in the Clean Up action. A big THANK YOU from Ocean Dimensions to all!
