Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Kontiki Marina
17 August, 2019
- Team Leader
- Wayne Budgen
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (estimated)
10.282544084155, 123.99902701378
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Kontiki Marina
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Big Monkey Training
- City
- Lapu Lapu
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 17 August, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 44 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.282544084155
Longitude: 123.99902701378
- Weather Conditions
-
Fine, with afternoon showers.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3754.94 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 19 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
Additional Information
Ongoing tourist boating activities in the marina.
Half-full paint can.
Wet cardboard
Oil and paint cans still leaking their contents
Comments and Feedback
The volume of ongoing tourist boating activities in this area contributes heavily to the debris found here.
Dive Against Debris dives are conducted on a monthly basis by Dive Funatics but the volume of debris is excessive.
