Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lighthouse / Bannerfish Bay
13 October, 2024
- Team Leader
- Rachel Shelley
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.5 kgs (estimated)
28.498747, 34.51991
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lighthouse / Bannerfish Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Red Sea Tribe
- City
- Dahab
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 13 October, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 52 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.498747
Longitude: 34.51991
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy and hot
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–15.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1435.89 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 9 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 178 |
| Cigarette Filters | 506 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 34 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 11 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 12 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 13 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 7 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 152 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 54 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Chewing gum | 39 |
| False nails | 3 |
| Wet wipes | 2 |
Additional Information
Long weekend / public holiday
Cigarette butts
Plastic fragments
Paper / card pieces
Comments and Feedback
We find a lot of mixed material pieces (mainly from rag rugs). I’m logging them as clothing as it’s the source material but the fragments are usually very small
