Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mashraba
6 May, 2018
- Team Leader
- Andrew Mackenzie
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 16 kgs (estimated)
28.495436611697, 34.517525447497
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mashraba
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Poseidon Divers
- City
- Dahab
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 6 May, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 59 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.495436611697
Longitude: 34.517525447497
- Weather Conditions
-
very calm, flat seas.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 6 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 17 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 65 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 34 |
| Cigarette Filters | 130 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 6 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 57 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 21 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 118 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 12 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
Additional Information
Most of these debris have entered the sea directly by humans or dropped on shore line and beach and have ended up in the sea.
plastic plant
cigarette filters
plastic wrapping
cloth fragments
Comments and Feedback
During this dive we were able to collect a good volume of small debris. We will continue to carry out more survey dives in this area and hopefully clean it completely. A shocking amount of cigarette filters were collected. Congratulations to Angie, Kim and Hamada for becoming Dive Against Debris Divers!
After high season holiday weekends the area has lots of marine debris due to tourists not caring or not being educated in proper disposal of rubbish.
