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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS439 - Nungwi House Reef

11 April, 2019

Team Leader
Laurie
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
18.3 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
11 April, 2019
Survey Duration
56 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -5.7316805726903
Longitude: 39.290053686127
Weather Conditions
Rainy, a little southern wind.
Survey Depth Range
2–14 meters
Area Surveyed
400 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
sandy bottom with coral bummies
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 27

The sunset cruise boats are picking up people and dropping them off on that beach, and we think they just throw the glass bottles in the ocean.

Big plastic pipe

Plastic bottles

Glass bottles

Fishing nets

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