Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Abu Sauatir
28 June, 2023
- Team Leader
- Kirsty Dinning
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
26.205442094839, 34.219344223099
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Abu Sauatir
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pharaoh Dive Club
- City
- El Quseir
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 28 June, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.205442094839
Longitude: 34.219344223099
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm and sunny with slight northerly onshore wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–25 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10300 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 8 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 10 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Cigar Tips | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 8 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 7 |
| Fishing: Line | 22 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 8 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 22 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 4 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
Public holidays a week or so before attracts locals to the beaches where they leave rubbish that eventually blows into the sea.
Fishing line - causes problems for divers and wildlife
plastic bags - turtles eat them thinking they are food
Plastic wrappers - turtles eat them thinking they are food
Comments and Feedback
This Dive against debris was organised and done by a group of Glasgow University Marine biology students
