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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

31Dec2015 LIght House Dahab, Egypt

31 December, 2015

Team Leader
Amr Zakaria Ali
Number of Participants
22
Total Debris Collected
30 kgs (estimated)

28.498605, 34.519019

Survey Information

Location Name
31Dec2015 LIght House Dahab, Egypt
Organization/Dive Centre
City
Dahab
Country
Egypt
Date
31 December, 2015
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.498605
Longitude: 34.519019
Weather Conditions
WENDY, LOW CLOUD, AIR TEMP 28°, WATER TEMP 23°
Survey Depth Range
2–25 meters
Area Surveyed
3549 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 66
Bait Containers, Packaging 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 1
Foam Insulation & Packaging 3
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 20
Cigarette Filters 145
Rope (plastic/nylon) 20
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 5
Pipes & Rebar 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 3
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 4
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 14
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1

Garter in pink

Ropes, old setup of the confined border buoys

Plastic bag, disintegrated every where, small pieces

Fabric bits, disintegrated from beduin carpet

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