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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS239 - Baie de N'Gor

3 June, 2017

Team Leader
Julie Bernier
Number of Participants
15
Total Debris Collected
109 kgs (measured)

14.7544567, -17.5088983

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS239 - Baie de N'Gor
Organization/Dive Centre
Barracuda Club Dakar
City
Dakar
Country
Senegal
Date
3 June, 2017
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 14.7544567
Longitude: -17.5088983
Weather Conditions
Calme
Survey Depth Range
2–8 meters
Area Surveyed
50 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 23
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 13
Plastic Fragments 11
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 6
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 30
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 15
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 41

2 weeks ago was the last days before Ramadan. The beach was very very crowded.

Plastic, still plastic bottles

cans

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