Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mazeriq
19 September, 2011
- Team Leader
- Kathrin Heussner
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 51 kgs (measured)
28.869932, 34.646759
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mazeriq
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Emperor Divers
- City
- Nuweiba
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 19 September, 2011
- Survey Duration
- 115 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.869932
Longitude: 34.646759
- Weather Conditions
-
calm, sunny. this dive site always gets light onshore winds, i.e. plastic bags etc end up here
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–25 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 15000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 62 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 49 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 31 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 14 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 29 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 43 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 17 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 16 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 4 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 14 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 6 |
| Tampons | 1 |
