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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Sea Front

9 June, 2018

Team Leader
Christina Shaw
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
154 kgs (measured)

-17.736437197396, 168.31185732822

Survey Information

Location Name
Sea Front
Organization/Dive Centre
Big Blue Vanuatu
City
Port Vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
9 June, 2018
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.736437197396
Longitude: 168.31185732822
Weather Conditions
Torrential rain for 3 days prior to day of dive but on the day of the dive it was sunny and still
Survey Depth Range
1–16 meters
Area Surveyed
90333 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 16
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 21
Caps & Lids (plastic) 4
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 17
Fishing: Line 2
Foam Insulation & Packaging 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 17
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 7
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 8
Strapping Bands (plastic) 9
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 5
Jars-food (glass) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 36
Beverage Bottles (glass) 120
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 5
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 54
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 9
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Cars & Car Parts 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 12
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 1
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 6
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 46
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 3
Toys 1
other materials collected
fabric from umbrella - nylon 1
bones 2
container lock 1
silt curtain 1
t-shirt 1
fiberglass pieces 4
longline fishing weight (plastic) 1
whipper snipper (strimmer, weed wacker) cord - plastic 1
rubber pipe (from boat) 1
sponge 1
CD 1
plastic ruler 1
golf ball 1
hair tie 1

Still finding some fibreglass from boats damaged in Cyclone Pam 3 years ago. Still finding construction materials from when the seawall was refurbished.

Toy car, container lock (probably used as a banana boat anchor and lost)

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