Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Acropora Reef, Na'ama Bay, Sharm El-Sheikh
7 January, 2021
- Team Leader
- Jan Ziolo
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 9 kgs (estimated)
27.908812740396, 34.329789516736
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Acropora Reef, Na'ama Bay, Sharm El-Sheikh
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Red Sea Dive College
- City
- Sharm-el-Sheikh
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 7 January, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 46 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.908812740396
Longitude: 34.329789516736
- Weather Conditions
-
Northerly winds, Force 2-3. Sea State 2.
- Survey Depth Range
- 0.2–25.9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 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) | 6 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| Cigarette Filters | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Steering linkage cable from boat engine | 1 |
| Disposable Bic razow | 1 |
Additional Information
Na'ama Bay is a holiday resort with a lot of beach side restaurants and cafes which are likely responsible for food packaging and stirrers. Intensive small-boat activity (para-sailing, glass-bottom boat tours etc) which is the likely source of the cable.
Cable from small boat (either steering or throttle cable)
Plastic bags - hazard to marine life
Man-made fibre line on boat moorings - entanglement hazard to marine life
Disposable razor - injury during its retrieval
