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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Red Rock Hotel beach Eilat

23 January, 2014

Team Leader
Dmitry Trubarev
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
80 kgs (estimated)

29.548645, 34.954014

Survey Information

Location Name
Red Rock Hotel beach Eilat
Organization/Dive Centre
Lucky Divers 9450
City
Eilat
Country
Israel
Date
23 January, 2014
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 29.548645
Longitude: 34.954014
Weather Conditions
Calm Weather
Survey Depth Range
2–6 meters
Area Surveyed
42 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 6
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Fluorescent Light Tubes 3
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 5
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Pipes & Rebar 3
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 5
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 4
Cloth Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Clothing 3
other materials collected
trolley 1
wig 1
metal fragments 10
plastic fragments 30
glass fragments 10
wooden fragments 15

The trash after construction works has been trown into the sea next to the shore.

wig

plastic bottles

bags:grocery

plastic cups


There is a very unusual case here in Eilat when the construction trash is throwing into the sea in large amount,but lots of plastic cups,bottles and bags are coming into the sea after beach parties and we believe,that very useful to perfom clean up dive one time per month

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