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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Oliver's Canyon

28 November, 2011

Team Leader
Natasha Trenchard-Turner
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
10 kgs (estimated)

29.482718, 34.982786

Survey Information

Location Name
Oliver's Canyon
Organization/Dive Centre
Ahlan Aqaba Scuba Diving Centre
City
Aqaba
Country
Jordan
Date
28 November, 2011
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 29.482718
Longitude: 34.982786
Weather Conditions
No rain in past week.
Sunny and dry.
Wind in gusts up to 10 knotts blowing from land to sea.
Survey Depth Range
15–25 meters
Area Surveyed
20 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: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 22
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 10
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 279
Diapers/nappies 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 10
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 68
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 30
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 9
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Toys 1

The dive site is off a public beach that is also covered in rubbish, including plastic cups, bottle lids and cigarette butts and plastic rope in a very high concentration. A portion of the beach 20m squared was also cleaned.

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