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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS239 - Baie de N'Gor

6 August, 2017

Team Leader
Julie Bernier
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
64 kgs (measured)

14.7544567, -17.5088983

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS239 - Baie de N'Gor
Organization/Dive Centre
Barracuda CLub Dakar
City
Dakar
Country
Senegal
Date
6 August, 2017
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 14.7544567
Longitude: -17.5088983
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
2–8 meters
Area Surveyed
1000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 14
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 18
Drums: 55 Gallon 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Cloth Fragments 2

This is the holliday season and thousands of people get to the beach during the week-end

Plastic bottles

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