Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Rasfushi Lagoon
8 June, 2019
- Team Leader
- Ismail Samooh
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 34 kgs (measured)
4.2012380671399, 73.411388015113
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Rasfushi Lagoon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Best Dives Maldives
- City
- Male
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 8 June, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 4.2012380671399
Longitude: 73.411388015113
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy and Rough
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sandy bottom with coral blocks
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 48 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 11 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 6 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 69 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 9 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 5 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paint Roller | 1 |
Additional Information
Plastic bottles
Aluminum beverage canes
