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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Mangrove Bay

23 January, 2025

Team Leader
Emma Wilkinson
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
3.5 kgs (measured)

25.868065, 34.416601

Survey Information

Location Name
Mangrove Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Open Ocean Project
City
El Quesir
Country
Egypt
Date
23 January, 2025
Survey Duration
38 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 25.868065
Longitude: 34.416601
Weather Conditions
Sunny and windy
Survey Depth Range
6.5–8.5 meters
Area Surveyed
20 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 14
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Fishing: Line 115
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 2
Plastic Fragments 9
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 3
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 5
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1

No

Fishing net

Fishing line

Large drinks bottles

Food tins


A lot of trash blows into the sea from the shore. Many of the water bottles could possibly be thrown overboard from boats.

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