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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Marsa El Fokery South

21 November, 2019

Team Leader
Hossam M Ragab
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
6 kgs (measured)

24.755258, 35.065668

Survey Information

Location Name
Marsa El Fokery South
Organization/Dive Centre
Red Sea Diving Safari
City
Marsa Alam
Country
Egypt
Date
21 November, 2019
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 24.755258
Longitude: 35.065668
Weather Conditions
Good but big storm the week before (14/11)
Survey Depth Range
1.5–15 meters
Area Surveyed
5591.09 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) 18
Bags: Trash (plastic) 10
Bait Containers, Packaging 14
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 26
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 12
Cigarette Lighters 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 4
Fishing: Line 38
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 7
Food Wrappers (plastic) 5
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 6
Straws, Stirrers 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 6
Toothbrushes 1
Plastic Fragments 5
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 11
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 5
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 17
other materials collected
Broom 1

No

A broom

Fishing lines

Plastic (bags, bottles...)

Burlap bags

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