Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Bannerfish Bay
21 October, 2020
- Team Leader
- John Hauxwell
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.5 kgs (estimated)
28.498578073333, 34.51843553876
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Bannerfish Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Red Sea Tribe
- City
- Dahab
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 21 October, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 25 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.498578073333
Longitude: 34.51843553876
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 227.513 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Carpet (synthetic) | 11 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 11 |
| Cigarette Filters | 52 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 16 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bitumen chunk | 2 |
| Earring - metal/plastic | 1 |
| Seals (plastic) from water bottles | 11 |
Additional Information
No
Single earring
Cigarette butts
Seals (plastic) from water bottles
Plastic fragments
Comments and Feedback
Is there a better way to record the amount of fishing line? It’s tricky to count, especially when cut into fragments to remove it. Estimating length is an option but I guess it doesn’t fit well with tallying the data’s.
I include the plastic seals from the top of the water bottles we get in Egypt (see picture) as a separate category (and not in plastic fragments) as they are a specific problem that we experience here. Only one diver collected trash, while the other two divers in the buddy team were undertaking a survey of the dive site.
