Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS579 - The Pier
31 August, 2019
- Team Leader
- Project Azraq
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 55 kgs (estimated)
27.0448771, 33.8978481
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS579 - The Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sahl Hasheesh
- City
- Hurghada
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 31 August, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.0448771
Longitude: 33.8978481
- Weather Conditions
-
Transitioning between Summer and fall, temperatures have been dropping slowly. Sea conditions have been calm and as a touristic season, visitors have been vacationing at Sahl Hasheesh
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 300 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) | 20 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 25 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 10 |
| Fishing: Line | 42 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 17 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 11 |
| Cigarette Filters | 200 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 25 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 32 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 16 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 7 |
| Rubber Bands | 4 |
Additional Information
Plastic Bottles
Cigarette filters
Comments and Feedback
Fishing line fragments were about 42 pieces. The length equates to 10 meters of fishing line.
