Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Giftun Island
24 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- Steven Hird
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 35 kgs (estimated)
27.1983662, 33.972214699999995
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Giftun Island
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Diveworld
- City
- Marsa Alam
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 24 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 240 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.1983662
Longitude: 33.972214699999995
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm still conditions with gentle current normally North South
- Survey Depth Range
- 9–26 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 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) | 6 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Baskets, Crates | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 7 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 6 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 9 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 14 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 10 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 12 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 8 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 2 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 6 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| hospital plastic identification band | 1 |
| compressor air filter | 1 |
| Electrical cable plastic sheath | 4 |
| Ladies elastic hair band | 1 |
Additional Information
Usual day boat dive site.
cooking pottery
drink cans
drink bottles
plastic yoghurt pots
Comments and Feedback
Most debris seemed to be from day visitors who, through lack of valid coaching think of the sea as an easy disposal method. day boats could do more, especially with snorkellers to brief with an environmentally friendly emphasis
