Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mangrove Bay
23 January, 2025
- Team Leader
- Emma Wilkinson
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 3.5 kgs (measured)
25.868065, 34.416601
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mangrove Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Open Ocean Project
- City
- El Quesir
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 23 January, 2025
- Survey Duration
- 38 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.868065
Longitude: 34.416601
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 6.5–8.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 20 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 14 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 115 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 9 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
No
Fishing net
Fishing line
Large drinks bottles
Food tins
Comments and Feedback
A lot of trash blows into the sea from the shore. Many of the water bottles could possibly be thrown overboard from boats.
