Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Yellowstone Reef
25 June, 2023
- Team Leader
- Catherine Hoelzer
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
30.585164, 36.238414
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Yellowstone Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Deep Blue Dive Center
- City
- Aqaba
- Country
- Jordan
- Date
- 25 June, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 30.585164
Longitude: 36.238414
- Weather Conditions
-
windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 172 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| sunglasses | 1 |
| Scuba Mask package | 1 |
Additional Information
people leaving their trash on the beach and the wind blows it into the ocean
single use plastic drinking cups of water
cigarette butts
plastic bags
Comments and Feedback
Aqaba needs help in banning single use plastics--especially the single use cups of water with foil tops made by Red Sea manufacturing and single use bags! Teach us how to advocate for this change.
