Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Zero Gravity
6 January, 2019
- Team Leader
- Michela Colella
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 12 kgs (measured)
25.088539774441, 55.136655640466
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Zero Gravity
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divers Down
- City
- Dubai
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Date
- 6 January, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.088539774441
Longitude: 55.136655640466
- Weather Conditions
-
Good
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2078 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 13 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cigar Tips | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 10 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 10 |
| Gloves (latex) | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 80 |
| Cigarette Filters | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 15 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
New year celebration
Plastic bags
Plastic cups
Cigarette butts
