Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Laplight
30 December, 2024
- Team Leader
- Patrick Rose
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 1.4 kgs (measured)
11.343847149256, 124.10977385583
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Laplight
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Thresher Shark Divers
- City
- Malapascua
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 30 December, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.343847149256
Longitude: 124.10977385583
- Weather Conditions
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Mostly afternoon and evening rain showers with overcast weather. Some breaks with sunny times mostly in the later mornings before the rain storms. Sometimes Sunny in the afternoons if no storms were around.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Diapers/nappies | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 14 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
Sealed plastic bottle filled with sand
Food wrappers/packaging - Most seems to be from locally consumed products likely making its way into the ocean from being improperly discarded
Discarded fishing line - Seeing some of the local fishing boats gives the impression that they can be carless with what they discard as proven by finding fishing line on the dive.
small plastic bags - it is common to see smaller plastic bags discarded improperly locally. Some were found on this dive
