Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS439 - Nungwi House Reef
25 February, 2019
- Team Leader
- Laurie Dubourg
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 24 kgs (measured)
-5.7316805726903, 39.290053686127
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS439 - Nungwi House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Spanish Dancer Divers
- City
- Nungwi
- Country
- Tanzania
- Date
- 25 February, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 39 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -5.7316805726903
Longitude: 39.290053686127
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm with a couple of rainy days.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sandy bottom with coral bummies
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 49 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 6 |
Additional Information
There is "sunset cruises" organised every end of afternoon around Nungwi, departing from that beach and arriving back on it as well. We are guessing that the glass bottles are throw from the boats. Some of them are brand new and look like they have been in the ocean for few hours only.
Fishing lure
Plastic
Fishing nets
Glass bottles
