Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Namma Bay
12 June, 2017
- Team Leader
- Andrew Mackenzie
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 26 kgs (estimated)
27.912469606715, 34.331008717418
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Namma Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Anthias Divers
- City
- Sharm el Sheikh
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 12 June, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.912469606715
Longitude: 34.331008717418
- Weather Conditions
-
calm and still, hot and sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 9–14 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- 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) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 7 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| cd disc | 1 |
| cd case | 1 |
| razor | 1 |
| screwdrivers | 2 |
| metal tongs | 1 |
| electric plug | 1 |
| paint brush | 1 |
Additional Information
most of these debris appear to have been disposed of by boats moored in area
the food blender complete with cable and plug
towel wrapped round corals
cloth wrapped round corals
food blender as it was heavy
Comments and Feedback
today we concentrated on the next piece of our house reef, exactly to the right hand side of previous survey. Our house reef is extensive and the amount of debris in this depth zone is unacceptably high. Strong evidence to support the theory that most if not all of these debris came from boats moored above.
