Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Suwami North
22 September, 2018
- Team Leader
- Dave
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 101.2 kgs (measured)
8.578479, 81.241607
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Suwami North
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scuba Safaris
- City
- Trincomalee
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Date
- 22 September, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 8.578479
Longitude: 81.241607
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 13846.3 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky 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) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 13 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 22 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Porcupine Fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Net |
Additional Information
Nothing out of ordinary
Large netting
Abandoned fishing nets
