Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Marsa El Fokery
10 August, 2019
- Team Leader
- Hossam M Ragab
- Number of Participants
- 33
- Total Debris Collected
- 60 kgs (estimated)
24.865174, 34.989111
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Marsa El Fokery
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Red Sea Diving Safari
- City
- Marsa Alam
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 10 August, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.865174
Longitude: 34.989111
- Weather Conditions
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Good weather conditions: almost no wind, sunny, 35degrees and flat sea.
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–21.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 50 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 100 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 150 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 20 |
| Fishing: Line | 40 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 80 |
Additional Information
Plastic
Mesh bags
Fishing nets
Comments and Feedback
This dive site is now closed because it's used by the army, that's also the reason we found so many debris. We did 2 clean up dive and one on land clean up.
