Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lighthouse
30 December, 2020
- Team Leader
- Rachel Shelley
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
28.498977528627, 34.519287137293
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lighthouse
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Nirvana Dive Center
- City
- Dahab
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 30 December, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 53 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.498977528627
Longitude: 34.519287137293
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 584.457 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 8 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 31 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Cigar Tips | 1 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 49 |
| Cigarette Filters | 99 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 9 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 8 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 7 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 16 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 50 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fibreglass fragments | 2 |
| Sheesha clips | 3 |
| Chewing gum | 16 |
| Band aids and dressings | 6 |
| Tinsel | 51 |
Additional Information
Yes, a group of divers from Dahab Divers Lodge entered the water 10 mins before we started our clean up with tinsel attached to their kit. Three different people asked them to remove it and the instructor/group leader refused
Tinsel
Cigarette butts
Tinsel
Plastic fragments
Comments and Feedback
We messaged the dive centre in question (easily recognisable from the stickers on the tanks) and made a complaint about the littering. They said the instructor said he cleaned up after the group and was an environmentally-sensitive diver. Our DAD data clearly shows otherwise. Very sad.
