Dive Against Debris Data Submission
New Canyon
11 January, 2012
- Team Leader
- Natasha Trenchard-Turner
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
29.418786, 34.971886
Survey Information
- Location Name
- New Canyon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ahlan Aqaba Scuba Diving Centre
- City
- Aqaba
- Country
- Jordan
- Date
- 11 January, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 29.418786
Longitude: 34.971886
- Weather Conditions
-
No rain, light wind.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–33 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 30 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 65 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 12 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 50 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pallets | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Kite | 1 |
Additional Information
Children's wateringcan
