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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Port Vila Seafront

27 September, 2020

Team Leader
Christina Shaw
Number of Participants
13
Total Debris Collected
112.5 kgs (measured)

-17.737198564103, 168.31207400072

Survey Information

Location Name
Port Vila Seafront
Organization/Dive Centre
Big Blue Vanuatu
City
Port Vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
27 September, 2020
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.737198564103
Longitude: 168.31207400072
Weather Conditions
Sunny
Survey Depth Range
3–17 meters
Area Surveyed
12144.6 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) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 13
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 5
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 4
Jars-food (glass) 4
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 34
Beverage Bottles (glass) 61
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 52
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 6
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Pipes & Rebar 7
Strapping Bands (metal) 1
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 1
Wood Fragments 1
other materials collected
Piece of silt curtain 1
Sunglasses plastic 1
Plastic car part 1
Piece of fibreglass from boat 1
DVD 2
Scourer 1
Piece of a wooden boat 1
PVC ceiling 1
Umbrella 1
Surgical mask 1
Plastic tag 1
Credit card 1

Cyclone Pam in 2015 and Beautification of seafront project in 2017/18

Silt curtain

Beverage bottles and cans because we keep picking up lots of them

Food wrappers b cause we keep picking up lots of them

Debris from boats wrecked in cyclone

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