Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Royal Reef
10 November, 2014
- Team Leader
- Tina
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 35 kgs (estimated)
29.4391, 34.9702
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Royal Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ahlan Aqaba Scuba Diving Center
- City
- Aqaba
- Country
- Jordan
- Date
- 10 November, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 29.4391
Longitude: 34.9702
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, warm and windy.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–25 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 300 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 22 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 74 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 117 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 313 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 25 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 245 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 46 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 28 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 8 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Blotcheye soldierfish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Plastic cup |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Rainbow swimming crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Plastic bottles |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Reef Octopus, Common reef squid, Reef flat brittle star |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Plastic cup |
Additional Information
Beverage Cans
Plastic cups
Glass Bottles
