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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Aqaba

29 October, 2019

Team Leader
Justain Bateman
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
73 kgs (measured)

29.496547277021, 34.988507315434

Survey Information

Location Name
Aqaba
Organization/Dive Centre
Bait Al Aqaba
City
Aqaba
Country
Jordan
Date
29 October, 2019
Survey Duration
58 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 29.496547277021
Longitude: 34.988507315434
Weather Conditions
Fair
Survey Depth Range
1–31 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 103
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 9
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 274
Carpet (synthetic) 53
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 42
Fishing: Line 18
Foam Insulation & Packaging 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 18
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 8
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 11
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 24
Plastic Fragments 103
Cigarette Filters 257
Rope (plastic/nylon) 10
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 49
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 351
Beverage Bottles (glass) 49
metal materials collected
Caps & Lids (metal) 56
Cars & Car Parts 2
Drums: 55 Gallon 2
Pull Tabs-beverages 241
SCUBA Weights 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 101
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 3
Rope And String (cloth) 5
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 45

Glass bottles

Plastic bottles

Plastic cups


73kg of trash removed

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