Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Marsa Fighira
10 June, 2022
- Team Leader
- Khalid Mohamed Hany - Mohsen Nabil
- Number of Participants
- 13
- Total Debris Collected
- 200 kgs (estimated)
24.754996, 35.066715
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Marsa Fighira
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Hepca - Diventure magazine - Scuba World
- City
- Marsa Alam
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 10 June, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 63 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.754996
Longitude: 35.066715
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 6.5–14 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1056.2 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
Additional Information
Marsa Fighira is located on a bay, 40km south of Marsa Alam. Most of Marsa Alam's dives are shore dives such as this, the wind and waves blow the debris inside the bay, and being accumulated either on the shore or sink in the bottom, this particular site has been banned from visiting by the government, that's why it needed more attention than other similar sites. Most of the debris was plastic bags, cups, plastic food packaging, fishing strings, fishing nets, and more plastic debris.
