Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS448 - Ghantoot Marina

9 September, 2018

Team Leader
Natalie Barnes-Hore
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
5 kgs (estimated)

24.86021009967, 54.89586568639

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS448 - Ghantoot Marina
Organization/Dive Centre
Divers Down UAE
City
Ghantoot
Country
United Arab Emirates
Date
9 September, 2018
Survey Duration
40 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 24.86021009967
Longitude: 54.89586568639
Weather Conditions
Good
Survey Depth Range
3.99898–4.99872 meters
Area Surveyed
768.072 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 2
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Plastic Fragments 9
Cigarette Filters 2
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 1
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
other materials collected
Paint Brush 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 6
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Rope and net

Paint Brush

Fish trap

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?