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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Seafront

21 September, 2019

Team Leader
Christina Shaw
Number of Participants
8
Total Debris Collected
150 kgs (estimated)

-17.737487592047, 168.31237286112

Survey Information

Location Name
Seafront
Organization/Dive Centre
Big Blue Vanuatu
City
Port Vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
21 September, 2019
Survey Duration
70 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.737487592047
Longitude: 168.31237286112
Weather Conditions
Heavy rain for the full week
Survey Depth Range
3–10 meters
Area Surveyed
34560 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 8
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 3
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 235
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 61
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Pipes & Rebar 6
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 4
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 12
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
other materials collected
Fiberglass fragments of boat hulls 4
Sunglasses 1
cash box (metal) 1
Plastic mesh fencing material 1
Boat parts - metal 1
paint tray 1
umbrella 1

We are still finding debris from boats wrecked during cyclone Pam in 2015

Cash box

Fibreglass pieces

ropes

plastic bottles

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