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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Iririki Island

10 July, 2020

Team Leader
Christina Shaw
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
194 kgs (measured)

-17.746942, 168.309967

Survey Information

Location Name
Iririki Island
Organization/Dive Centre
Big Blue Vanuatu
City
Port Vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
10 July, 2020
Survey Duration
72 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.746942
Longitude: 168.309967
Weather Conditions
Raining and some wind
Survey Depth Range
1–20 meters
Area Surveyed
1000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 8
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 12
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 8
Fishing: Line 4
Food Wrappers (plastic) 40
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 11
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 6
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 31
Strapping Bands (plastic) 6
Rope (plastic/nylon) 11
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 5
Jars-food (glass) 6
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 8
Beverage Bottles (glass) 86
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 5
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 62
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 15
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Pipes & Rebar 6
Strapping Bands (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 13
Batteries: Car Or Boat 2
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 4
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 5
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Clothing 7
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
light fitting 1
Sand paper 3
Boat fittings (steering cable, pulley, metal fittings, plastic fittings, cleat) 9
Cockroach boat 1
Spark Plugs 2
Pieces of fibreglass boat hull 16
remote control 1
Plastic table cloth 1
Plastic razor 1
Plastic reel 1
Metal railings 9
Metal panels 3
sellotape 1
Plastic peg 1
prespex window pane 2
Aluminium window frames 4
Eraser 1

Cyclone Pam in 2015 wreck several boats in this area

boat windows

beverage bottles

Beverage Cans

Pieces of boat

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