Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lulu Island, Abu Dhabi
3 October, 2015
- Team Leader
- Julia Kleindienst
- Number of Participants
- 30
- Total Debris Collected
- 450 kgs (measured)
24.48662, 54.340599
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lulu Island, Abu Dhabi
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Hilton Abu Dhabi
- City
- Abu Dhabi
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Date
- 3 October, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.48662
Longitude: 54.340599
- Weather Conditions
-
extremely hot and humid, temperatures
around 45 degrees Celsius
and 75% humidity, otherwise sunny,
no clouds, wind: 11kmph; UV index: 8
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 15 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 438 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 22 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 8 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 20 |
| Fishing: Line | 15 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 30 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 15 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 9 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 202 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 10 |
| Metal Fragments | 12 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 6 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Birds | |
| Species or Common Name | please refer to image |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | plastic |
Additional Information
Lulu Island is a popular picnic spot for Abu Dhabi residents, just minutes off the Abu Dhabi main land; it’s a wonderful sanctuary just off the Corniche. But unfortunately far too many visitors leave behind their rubbish, and it causes great damage to marine life and birds.
office chair, underwear, crutches and car tires
old fishing nets and nylon lines - we pulled out hundreds of meters of entangles nylon fishing lines which covered the ocean bed
plastic bags; free in supermarkets, used only once then thrown away, re-usable alternatives should be implemented
plastic bottled and aluminium cans - recklessly thrown off "party boats"
