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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Bannerfish Bay

22 November, 2012

Team Leader
Laura Dinraths
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
5 kgs (estimated)

28.497444, 34.517605

Survey Information

Location Name
Bannerfish Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
H2O Divers Dahab
City
Dahab
Country
Egypt
Date
22 November, 2012
Survey Duration
75 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.497444
Longitude: 34.517605
Weather Conditions
Windy, hailstorm on the 18th of November followed by flood in the sea in the area concerned.
Survey Depth Range
0–15 meters
Area Surveyed
250 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bags: Trash (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 6
Caps & Lids (plastic) 11
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 5
Cotton Bud Sticks 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 6
Fishing: Line 2
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Gloves (latex) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Straws, Stirrers 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 5
Plastic Fragments 8
Cigarette Filters 31
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 7
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 15
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Metal Fragments 4
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 4
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 3
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 5
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 33
mixed materials collected
Toys 1

plastic toy gun, padi slate


Massive flood on the 18/11/2012 brought a lot of debris in the bay

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