SAMACO Marina - S29206
20 October, 2023
- Team Leader
- Jason Sikat, Jeroen Van der Heijin and Paolo Bocci
- Number of Participants
- 77
- Total Debris Collected
- 790 kgs (estimated)
21.571703142488, 39.162355119218
Survey Information
- Location Name
- SAMACO Marina - S29206
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Giant Stride Divers
- City
- Jeddah
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Date
- 20 October, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 21.571703142488
Longitude: 39.162355119218
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny with a bit of wind coming from Northwest inside the Obhur Creek
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 450 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Other
- 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) | 17 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 371 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 57 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 140 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 131 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 443 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 18 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 5 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 23 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 11 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 7 |
| Clothing | 3 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 8 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Plastic Chair | 2 |
| Anchor - Small (Less than 10 kg) | 2 |
| Anchor (More than 10 kg) | 1 |
| Boat Fender (Big) | 1 |
| Boat Fender (Small) | 1 |
Additional Information
There is a restaurant inside the Marina and there are different kinds of events being held near the jetties. That’s where people stay during the cold season.
Large Fish Cage which is about like 45 kgs / 110 lbs, Danforth Anchor (35 inches) which is 25 lbs.
Plastic Bottles (small and big)
Metal Aluminum Cans (canned soft drinks)
Glass Beverage Bottles (soft drinks, juice)
Comments and Feedback
We are proposing a quarterly or semi-annual cleanup inside SAMACO Marina and hopefully the Management will look into it so that their marina is maintained. There are a lot of fishes and corals to be found in that area. There is still an unexplored area which goes down all the way to 26 meters.
The area consists of 3 which are the East Side, West Side and the Front Area. We have cleaned the east and west side but the front area is not (for it goes all the way to 26 meters) plus we do not have a lot of time to clean.
