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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Ras Katy & Middle Garden

8 June, 2018

Team Leader
Beth Sanders
Number of Participants
25
Total Debris Collected
22 kgs (measured)

27.847455444033, 34.301044097375

Survey Information

Location Name
Ras Katy & Middle Garden
Organization/Dive Centre
Camel Dive Club
City
Sharm el Sheikh
Country
Egypt
Date
8 June, 2018
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 27.847455444033
Longitude: 34.301044097375
Weather Conditions
Calm and Sunny.
Survey Depth Range
1–20 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 7
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 20
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Fishing: Line 7
Plastic Fragments 5
Cigarette Filters 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 5
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 13
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Metal Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 1
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
other materials collected
Fiber Glass fragments 5

Aluminium drinks cans

Plastic bags


Thank you to Mohamed Abd el Rasik, Thomas Hartwell and Richard Kempton for the underwater shots.

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