Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ifira point
2 February, 2019
- Team Leader
- Christina Shaw
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 73 kgs (measured)
-17.755331660954, 168.29536118589
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ifira point
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Big Blue Vanuatu
- City
- Port Vila
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Date
- 2 February, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -17.755331660954
Longitude: 168.29536118589
- Weather Conditions
-
Heavy rain and wind throughout the week but sunny today
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–23 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3215.05 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 15 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 235 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 20 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 89 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 23 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Clothing | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper cup | 1 |
| Scaffold pole | 1 |
| Paint brushes | 1 |
| Flares | 3 |
| Paint roller | 1 |
| Coat hanger | 1 |
| Metal tube | 1 |
| Radio antenna | 1 |
| Welding mask | 1 |
| Headphones | 1 |
| Disposable plastic Razor | 2 |
| Reusable plastic shopping bag | 2 |
Additional Information
Inter island ferries docking at temporary barge during wharf upgrade
Welding mask
Food wrappers
cans and bottles
Boat maintenance equipment and consumables
