Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Puffer Rock and Moon Valley
3 November, 2014
- Team Leader
- Tina
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 55 kgs (estimated)
29.4057, 34.9742
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Puffer Rock and Moon Valley
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ahlan Aqaba Scuba Diving Center
- City
- Aqaba
- Country
- Jordan
- Date
- 3 November, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 140 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 29.4057
Longitude: 34.9742
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, warm and slight wind.
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–40 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 20000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 590 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 18 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 6 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 34 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 297 |
| Diapers/nappies | 7 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 440 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 60 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 23 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 12 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 7 |
| Toys | 8 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Hermit Crab |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Type of Debris | Plastic cup |
Additional Information
Plastic bags
Plastic cups
Plastic bottles
