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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Mashraba

20 December, 2019

Team Leader
Kristen Sarra
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
32 kgs (measured)

28.495925595172, 34.517132544093

Survey Information

Location Name
Mashraba
Organization/Dive Centre
Scuba Seekers and Leave Only Bubbles
City
Dahab
Country
Egypt
Date
20 December, 2019
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.495925595172
Longitude: 34.517132544093
Weather Conditions
windy at night, calm during the day
Survey Depth Range
1–25 meters
Area Surveyed
11002 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 5
Diapers/nappies 1
Fishing: Line 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 38
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 250
Cigarette Filters 328
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 15
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 5
Wrappers (foil/metal) 51
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 2
Rubber Fragments 4
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 76
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 500
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 7
other materials collected
die (half of a pair of dice) 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Octopus
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Glass jar
Comments Was stuck to the side of a glass jar so was released easily and swam away looking happy

just the normal,everyday behavior of uneducated locals being lazy and throwing trash onto the ground; goats knocking down the trash bins to dig through them; no proper waste management system in place

one half of a pair of dice

cigarette filters: huge smoking culture; no cigarette filter collection bins

plastic shisha bits: the ones the show the hookah is fresh and hasn't been used; shisha restaurants line the entire coast right up against the water

water bottle wrappers: the protective small ones wrapped outside the bottle cap; some brands sell it here without the wrappers but some people here might not realize it and grab other brands out of habit

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