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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Suwami Rock

15 August, 2018

Team Leader
Dave
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
10 kgs (estimated)

8.5824703438572, 81.245855385879

Survey Information

Location Name
Suwami Rock
Organization/Dive Centre
Scuba Safaris
City
Teincomalee
Country
Sri Lanka
Date
15 August, 2018
Survey Duration
58 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 8.5824703438572
Longitude: 81.245855385879
Weather Conditions
Windy
Survey Depth Range
8–14.8 meters
Area Surveyed
3181.37 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Plastic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Metal Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1

Usually garbage from town

Cement weight

Fishing nets


Road is in the water. GPS errors.

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