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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Bannerfish Bay

17 July, 2018

Team Leader
John Hauxwell
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
5 kgs (estimated)

28.498185, 34.518302

Survey Information

Location Name
Bannerfish Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
H2O
City
Dahab
Country
Egypt
Date
17 July, 2018
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.498185
Longitude: 34.518302
Weather Conditions
Mostly calm, Light wind, Very low tide
Survey Depth Range
1.5–20 meters
Area Surveyed
50 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 8
Bags: Trash (plastic) 5
Bait Containers, Packaging 10
Caps & Lids (plastic) 15
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Straws, Stirrers 5
Plastic Fragments 32
Cigarette Filters 40
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 5
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 5
Pull Tabs-beverages 4
Wrappers (foil/metal) 22
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 3
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 5
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 16

Cigarette butts and foil used for Shisha pipes were significant. This area has been cleaned recently.

Plastic spoon!

Cigarette Butts

Shisha foil

Plastic bottles (under the bridge)


A very good day!

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