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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS478 - Lagoon Beach

21 September, 2019

Team Leader
Amr Zakaria Ali
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
60 kgs (measured)

28.471703, 34.505836

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS478 - Lagoon Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Scuba Seekers Dive Center
City
Dahab
Country
Egypt
Date
21 September, 2019
Survey Duration
66 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.471703
Longitude: 34.505836
Weather Conditions
Calm
Survey Depth Range
6–13 meters
Area Surveyed
2009.45 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 151
Bait Containers, Packaging 28
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 6
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 118
Caps & Lids (plastic) 52
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cigarette Lighters 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 43
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 43
Fishing: Line 14
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 37
Furnishings (plastic) 68
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 3
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 9
Tampon Applicators 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 4
Plastic Fragments 175
Cigarette Filters 81
Strapping Bands (plastic) 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 5
Beverage Bottles (glass) 10
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 32
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 7
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Cars & Car Parts 2
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 3
Wrappers (foil/metal) 14
Metal Fragments 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 21
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 2
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 50
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 4
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 11

Summer holidays of Egypt

not one underwear but two

Plastic bag

Plastic water bottles

Fishing line


Love aware app , makes your data registration very easy

The site still need much more cleanup dives, in two dives we have collected 20 large mesh bags and from my opinion we need 6 more dives and then just keep going once a week

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