ADS386 - Aqualife Divers Academy House Reef
19 February, 2018
- Team Leader
- Jon-Jon I. Suarez
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
11.953261, 121.928317
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS386 - Aqualife Divers Academy House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Aqualife Divers Academy
- City
- Boracay Island, Malay
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 19 February, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.953261
Longitude: 121.928317
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm and sunny. Wind from the northeast.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sand with scattered rocks, corals and sea grass
- 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) | 12 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 10 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 12 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 7 |
Additional Information
The conditions were similar to last month's survey. We covered a smaller area, so we weren't able to collect as much as we could have. But since it is still tourist peak season for Boracay, I expect that there will be more debris in the coming weeks.
Nylon fishing lines
Plastic bags
Food wrappers
Nylon fishing lines
Comments and Feedback
Two youngsters, Eleonora and Elisabetta, took their Junior Open Water Diver and Junior Advanced Open Water Diver courses with me this February. I took the opportunity to make this month's Dive Against Debris survey part of their AOW course. They had a lot of fun and at the same time, it was a great experience for them to give back to the marine environment.
My team have uploaded a video of this activity on YouTube https://youtu.be/jQYYoceX5GM
