Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS168 - Abu Sauatir
12 January, 2017
- Team Leader
- Clare Meadows
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
26.205403139253, 34.2196441362457
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS168 - Abu Sauatir
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pharaoh Dive Club
- City
- el quseir
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 12 January, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 47 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.205403139253
Longitude: 34.2196441362457
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm and sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4650.39 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
general lack of waste collection from land means mainly light plastic rubbish like bags etc get blown into the sea.
flip flop
fishing line as we have alot of local fisherman using lines to catch reef fish which gets caught in the coral and they cut it free leaving most of it including hooks tangled in the reef
plastic bags. Egypt is plastic bag mad and everything goes in bags which get blown around and end up in th sea causing big problems for the fish and especially turtles
plastic bottles. we have no recycling facilities here so lots of plastic bottles end up getting blown into the sea
Comments and Feedback
As we are now doing more beach clean-ups on land we are seeing less rubbish appearing on the dive site itself
