Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Marsa Samadaï
5 November, 2019
- Team Leader
- Hossam M Ragab
- Number of Participants
- 15
- Total Debris Collected
- 7 kgs (estimated)
25.013117797532, 34.926182122532
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Marsa Samadaï
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Red Sea Diving Safari
- City
- Marsa Alam
- Country
- Egypt
- Date
- 5 November, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.013117797532
Longitude: 34.926182122532
- Weather Conditions
-
Good weather conditions. Blue sky with almost no clouds. Not windy, not wavy.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–21 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1461.83 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 166 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 47 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 12 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 76 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 6 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 102 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 42 |
| Diapers/nappies | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 48 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 22 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 18 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 7 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 13 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 39 |
| Plastic Fragments | 66 |
| Cigarette Filters | 141 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 17 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 22 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 81 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 63 |
| Metal Fragments | 14 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 5 |
| Rubber Fragments | 7 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 8 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 16 |
| Bags (cloth) | 22 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 12 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 21 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
Additional Information
No
Lighter? Nothing really unusual.
Fishing lines
Plastic (bottles, bottle caps, bags...)
Metal (cans)
Comments and Feedback
It's a dive site used by many dive centres so the debris we found (plastic, cutleries, bottles, plastic bags, cups... etc) are quite normal because the dive center brings lunch box or cups with them for the guests.
