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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

FAL beach

24 May, 2012

Team Leader
Naoki A. Sato
Number of Participants
60
Total Debris Collected
0 kgs (estimated)

21.733231, 39.06837

Survey Information

Location Name
FAL beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Desert Sea Divers
City
Jeddah
Country
Saudi Arabia
Date
24 May, 2012
Survey Duration
360 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 21.733231
Longitude: 39.06837
Weather Conditions
calm, but very hot
Survey Depth Range
0–0 meters
Area Surveyed
0 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 22
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 5
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 30
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 50
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 30
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 5
Fishing: Line 100
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
Gloves (latex) 2
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Straws, Stirrers 20
Toothbrushes 4
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 5
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 40
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 20
Caps & Lids (metal) 40
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Metal Fragments 5
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 20
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 5
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Toys 10
other materials collected
broken stainless steel rainforced pontoon 1 1
stainless steel pontoon brackets 2 1
stainless steel handrail for pontoon 3m length 1

fire extinguisher


thank you very much for all paticipants

within 60x60m area for 60 people mainly separated 2 groups inner and outer of the cove. there are a lot of fishing thread and juice bottles and cans

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