Dive Against Debris Data Submission
SMB
23 September, 2011
- Team Leader
- Jason Sockett
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 kgs (estimated)
25.230411, 55.018158
Survey Information
- Location Name
- SMB
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Atlantis Dive Centre
- City
- Dubai
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Date
- 23 September, 2011
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.230411
Longitude: 55.018158
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 21–23 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 60 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Shipwrecks
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Cigarette Filters | 5 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys (glass) | 1 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing nets | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Comments | Angel Fish, Grouper |
Additional Information
Local Fishermen
Nets
