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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Mashraba

1 November, 2019

Team Leader
Kristen Sarra
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
20 kgs (estimated)

28.496581024023, 34.51698296736

Survey Information

Location Name
Mashraba
Organization/Dive Centre
Leave Only Bubbles
City
Dahab
Country
Egypt
Date
1 November, 2019
Survey Duration
66 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.496581024023
Longitude: 34.51698296736
Weather Conditions
slight wind
Survey Depth Range
1–12 meters
Area Surveyed
750 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 12
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 69
Cigarette Filters 550
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 13
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 50
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 16
other materials collected
plastic wrappers from around lids of plastic water bottles 44
Fully intact chair cushion 1

chair cushion - fully intact

Cigarette butts (huge smoking culture in egypt)

plastic lid wrappers from around water bottle caps

random fabric dumped everywhere

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