ADS437 - Sheraton Village
20 July, 2018
- Team Leader
- RSR Project AWARE 2018
- Number of Participants
- 57
- Total Debris Collected
- 160 kgs (estimated)
21.714491, 39.079625
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS437 - Sheraton Village
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Red Sea Resort (26057), Desert Sea Divers (3650) and Natlus Divers (2068)
- City
- Jeddah
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Date
- 20 July, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 53 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 21.714491
Longitude: 39.079625
- Weather Conditions
-
39 degrees Celsius
humidity is between 70-80%
sunny day with a little wind
water is calm
12-14 knots
visibility 12-15 meters
salinity is high
current underwater is low
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–27 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 11452.4 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) | 12 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 18 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Baskets, Crates | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 28 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 19 |
| Fishing: Line | 19 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 8 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 10 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 14 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 50 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 14 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 11 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 25 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 8 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 14 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 11 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 4 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 16 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 11 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 9 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 8 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 8 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Plastic Monoblock Chairs | 6 |
| Disc Grinder Sandpaper | 1 |
| Galvanized Barbecue Tray | 1 |
| Aluminum Ladder | 1 |
Additional Information
There are still big steel drums, dozens of plastic monoblock chairs, big steel pan, steel poles and other heavy items which needs to bring to the surface.
Aluminum ladder and a large barbecue grill.
Aluminum cans
Plastic bottles
Plastic Monoblock and Steel Pipes
Comments and Feedback
82 Participants 57 divers 19 Nationalities 1 Open ROV Drone 150 kgs plus of trash 1 common goal = TONS of fun and good times This is how we unite as a TEAM to clean, protect and conserve the underwater environment AND THIS IS JUST THE STAAAAARRTTTT!!!! We look forward to submit and make this as an "Adopt-A-Dive-Site Program"
We would like to continue to maintain and protect the dive site in Sheraton Village. We are looking forward to submit this for "Adopt-a-Dive-Site" Program.
