Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ngor Bay cleanup
5 June, 2017
- Team Leader
- Hilda Hausard
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 250 kgs (estimated)
14.750350289437, -17.512346673757
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ngor Bay cleanup
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Nautilus Diving Dakar
- City
- Dakar
- Country
- Senegal
- Date
- 5 June, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 14.750350289437
Longitude: -17.512346673757
- Weather Conditions
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Sun
Sea calm
Water 24°
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.5–4.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 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: Trash (plastic) | 65 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 50 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 12 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 73 |
| Diapers/nappies | 13 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 12 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 28 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 95 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 18 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 8 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 6 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 2 |
| Wood Fragments | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 15 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 37 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 7 |
| Toys | 2 |
Additional Information
We posted some pictures on our facebook page : Nautilus Diving Dakar
Piece of car hard top for pickup
plastic bottle : too many all over !!
can bottle : people drink it and through it directly in the sea
metal pieces : dangerous underwater
Comments and Feedback
It was our first action and we were 30 people : 20 divers + 10 on the beach We hope to do a new one quite soon.
