Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ifira Point
10 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- Christina Shaw
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 279 kgs (measured)
-17.75576770579803, 168.2955251634121
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ifira Point
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Big Blue Vanuatu
- City
- Port Vila
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Date
- 10 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 64 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -17.75576770579803
Longitude: 168.2955251634121
- Weather Conditions
-
Moderate winds and showers
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–22 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4585 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 118 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 111 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 92 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 9 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 376 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 181 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 8 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 3 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 82 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 117 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 230 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 38 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 8 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 3 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 4 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 10 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 21 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 8 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 6 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| cassette tape, plastic | 2 |
| tape measure, metal and plastic | 1 |
| mirror, plastic and glass | 1 |
| paint brush, wood, metal and brissels | 1 |
| fibreglass pieces | 1 |
| copper and lead sheeting | 2 |
| bracelet (metal) | 1 |
| coat hanger, plastic covered metal | 1 |
| safety goggles, plastic | 1 |
| frying pan, metal and plastic | 1 |
Additional Information
There is a temporary wharf for island trading ships just next door to this beach. It has been located here during the upgrading of the wharfs in Port Vila.
Cassette tapes, safety goggles.
food wrappers - sheer volume we found
drinks bottles and cans - due to the volume getting in to the water
plastic bags - given away free at all shops even though people only buy one item.
Comments and Feedback
This new up-graded website is far easier to up load data on :-)
