Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS507 - The Bridge
29 March, 2019
- Team Leader
- Project Azraq
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 4.3 kgs (measured)
28.496488, 34.517223
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS507 - The Bridge
- Organization/Dive Centre
- H2O and Project Azraq
- City
- Dahab
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 29 March, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.496488
Longitude: 34.517223
- Weather Conditions
-
The temperature has been progressively getting warmer
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 400 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- 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) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 49 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Gloves (latex) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Cigarette Filters | 112 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 15 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 15 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 50 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 20 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 27 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Juvenile crabs |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic Bags |
| Comments | The crabs were entangled in the plastic fragments collected and were then released back into the ocean |
Additional Information
Cigarette Filters
Plastic bag fragments
