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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Marsa El Fokery North

21 November, 2019

Team Leader
Hossam M Ragab
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
3 kgs (estimated)

24.755258, 35.065668

Survey Information

Location Name
Marsa El Fokery North
Organization/Dive Centre
Red Sea Diving Center
City
Marsa Alam
Country
Egypt
Date
21 November, 2019
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 24.755258
Longitude: 35.065668
Weather Conditions
Good but storm the week before (14/11)
Survey Depth Range
2–18 meters
Area Surveyed
7145.32 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) 8
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 9
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Bottles: Oil/lube 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 12
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 3
Fishing: Line 12
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Straws, Stirrers 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 5
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 6
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 8

No

Plastic pipe

Fishing lines

Plastic (bottles, bags...)

Burlap bags

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