Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lighthouse
25 November, 2020
- Team Leader
- Krisztina Devecseri
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
28.498698, 34.518579
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lighthouse
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Nirvana Dive Center
- City
- Dahab
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 25 November, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 51 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.498698
Longitude: 34.518579
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–13 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 794.489 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 10 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 17 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Plastic Fragments | 61 |
| Cigarette Filters | 121 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 7 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 7 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 30 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Hearing aid ear piece | 1 |
| Paper cup | 1 |
| Band aids/dressings | 4 |
| Wet wipe | 1 |
| Chewing gum | 29 |
| Fibreglass fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
No
Hearing aid ear piece
Cigarette butts
Plastic fragments
Chewing gum
Comments and Feedback
Plastic bottle top seals are from bottles of water and included as a separate category to plastic fragments as they are an unnecessary but specific problem in this region
