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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS507 - The Bridge

9 September, 2019

Team Leader
Project Azraq
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
5 kgs (estimated)

28.496488, 34.517223

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS507 - The Bridge
Organization/Dive Centre
Project Azraq and Penguin Divers
City
Dahab
Country
Egypt
Date
9 September, 2019
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.496488
Longitude: 34.517223
Weather Conditions
Winds have been strong all week between 14 and 19 knots with temperatures between 30 and 35 degrees.
Survey Depth Range
2–20 meters
Area Surveyed
300 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 81
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 7
Straws, Stirrers 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 5
Plastic Fragments 74
Cigarette Filters 273
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 23
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Pull Tabs-beverages 10
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 15
Batteries: Car Or Boat 3
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 5
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 57
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 8
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 21

Cigarette filters

Plastic fragments

Cloth Material

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