Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Yellowstone Reef
12 March, 2023
- Team Leader
- Catherine Hoelzer
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
29.413003019133, 34.975502797752
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Yellowstone Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Deep Blue Dive Center
- City
- Aqaba
- Country
- Jordan
- Date
- 12 March, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 29.413003019133
Longitude: 34.975502797752
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–45 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 300 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 26 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 8 |
| Plastic Fragments | 12 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 8 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 9 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sanitary pad | 1 |
| wet wipes | 3 |
Additional Information
people leaving trash on the beach, wind blowing it in.
Sanitary pad.
single use plastics
plastic bags
