Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS168 - Abu Sauatir
13 January, 2017
- Team Leader
- Clare Meadows
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.5 kgs (estimated)
26.205403139253, 34.2196441362457
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS168 - Abu Sauatir
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pharaoh Dive Club
- City
- el quseir
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 13 January, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.205403139253
Longitude: 34.2196441362457
- Weather Conditions
-
Wind coming from north , northeast.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4650.39 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
Additional Information
Spark Plug from either a car or speed boat.
Plastic lids from soft drinks bottles as they wedged into the corals
plastic bags. Egypt is plastic bag mad and everything goes in bags which get blown around and end up in th sea causing big problems for the fish and especially turtles
plastic bottles. we have no recycling facilities here so lots of plastic bottles end up getting blown into the sea
