Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS280 - Snoopy Island
12 May, 2017
- Team Leader
- Thomas
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
25.492166, 56.363483
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS280 - Snoopy Island
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Dive Centre, Sandy Beach
- City
- Fujairah
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Date
- 12 May, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 62 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.492166
Longitude: 56.363483
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy, sunny, currents around Snoopy Island
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 18680.6 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 10 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Hair Scrunchie | 1 |
Additional Information
The Island is located right by a hotel, so lots of manmade rubbish. Also the winds this week would have spread the debris
Hair scrunchie
Plastic bags
Fishing line
Fishing sinkers
