Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Namma Bay
8 June, 2017
- Team Leader
- Andrew Mackenzie
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 32 kgs (estimated)
27.911697, 34.3324244
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Namma Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Anthias Divers
- City
- Sharm el Sheikh
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 8 June, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 47 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.911697
Longitude: 34.3324244
- Weather Conditions
-
good conditions, light swell only in Namma Bay on occasion, mostly calm seas. Hot and sunny. Air temp 39, water temp 26
- Survey Depth Range
- 9–14 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 120 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral 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) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 16 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 6 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
Additional Information
boat staff dumping anything they do not need over the side into the sea.
carpets
carpets, as they can cover a lot of reef and suffocate corals
glass cups as were sharp so therefore pose risk to injury
aluminium cans, they can be half buried with sharp edges that can injure
Comments and Feedback
this is a really worthwhile speciality course to teach and clients really enjoy making a difference to the environment where we dive.
