Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sting Ray Yeti
24 January, 2020
- Team Leader
- Pilar
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
6.9973886472649, 72.937091075774
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sting Ray Yeti
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Best Dive Maldives, JA Manafaru
- City
- Male
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 24 January, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 6.9973886472649
Longitude: 72.937091075774
- Weather Conditions
-
The same conditions, winds coming from East
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–22.4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 300 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- gravel
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Grouper |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Type of Debris | hook |
| Comments | The fish had a hook on the jaw but it was swimming freely |
Additional Information
Main yeti used in the island for supplies, boat traffic and seaplanes
wood material
Fishing lines
Plastic
metal wires
