Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Kubbar island
22 September, 2023
- Team Leader
- Zhanyla Noruzbaeva
- Number of Participants
- 52
- Total Debris Collected
- 112 kgs (measured)
29.072331217669, 48.495283533703
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Kubbar island
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Zhanyla Noruzbaeva
- Country
- Kuwait
- Date
- 22 September, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 98 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 29.072331217669
Longitude: 48.495283533703
- Weather Conditions
-
Perfect weather conditions, no waves, no surf, sunny
Underwater: low visibility; water temp +33 C
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–11 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 15 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 23 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 89 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 6 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 15 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 28 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 45 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 23 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 15 |
| Plastic Fragments | 32 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 12 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 12 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 13 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 21 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 17 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 14 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 8 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Toys | 5 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Atergatis integerrimus or red reef crab |
| Number Entangled | 25 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
| Comments | most of crabs found entangled were already dead and left on a seafloor, other crabs were taken with fishing nets to the boat and after released into the sea |
Additional Information
Aggressive fishing industry and uncontrolled dump of fishing equipment
this time all debris were quite common to the place
fishing nets
plastic of any kind
tires
Comments and Feedback
This beautiful event was possible because of group of my friends and myself (Im PADI OWSI, working in Kuwait for the last 11 years) I established a non-profit organisation here in Kuwait, its called Ocean Vibes (instagram : oceanvibesq8) Im planning to do it again in April next year
We picked only the top of the iceberg, there are hundreds of unattained fishing nets dumped on that coral reef, unfortunately
