Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Avarua Harbor and Maitai dive site, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
18 September, 2015
- Team Leader
- Steve Lyon
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 84 kgs (measured)
-21.205098, -159.775178
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Avarua Harbor and Maitai dive site, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pacific Divers - Rarotonga
- City
- Avarua
- Country
- Cook Islands
- Date
- 18 September, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -21.205098
Longitude: -159.775178
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm and warm.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 18656.5 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Baskets, Crates | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 12 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 35 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 3 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 7 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 9 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 16 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 40 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 31 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 6 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 21 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 17 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 4 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 7 |
| Metal Fragments | 11 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 4 |
| Towels/rags | 28 |
| Cloth Fragments | 10 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 8 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
Additional Information
Stream wash out from high rainfall events.
Toaster and a car rear lamp.
Tyres
Comments and Feedback
This was a great experience for our team, plus two additional volunteers. Avarua is a repeat site for us, it has a stream that flows through suburban areas so there are always new items to clean up.
The Maitai site that we cleaned as part of this clean up is a really nice site in it's own right. By cleaning it up we keep the site tidy for our divers.
