Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Eelgarden-Lighthouse
8 June, 2017
- Team Leader
- Sami Solla
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 23 kgs (measured)
28.504202514524, 34.520319700241
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Eelgarden-Lighthouse
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Mirage Divers Dahab
- City
- DAHAB
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 8 June, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 73 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.504202514524
Longitude: 34.520319700241
- Weather Conditions
-
Partly windy, 12 to 26 knots, no rain.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–19 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 6000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
Lots of broken firecoral due to fishing and snorkeling on the edge of the reef.
Fishing lines in coral
