Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Yellowstone Reef
9 February, 2021
- Team Leader
- Mohammed Leddawi
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 46.1 kgs (measured)
29.41453, 34.974425
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Yellowstone Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Deep Blue Dive Center
- City
- Aqaba
- Country
- Jordan
- Date
- 9 February, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 35 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 29.41453
Longitude: 34.974425
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–22 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 40 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 15 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 134 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 70 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 13 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 25 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 165 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
People are eating and drinking on a beach where there are no waste bins. They leave it on the beach and the debris blows into the water.
plastic water bottles
aluminum soda cans
food containers
Comments and Feedback
Our partner, H&S Watersports, also did a beach cleanup and was able to gather a lot of plastic bags and cigarette butts from the shoreline.
