Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Underwater Military Museum Aqaba Jordan
11 March, 2020
- Team Leader
- Mohammed Leddawi
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 96 kgs (measured)
29.433333333333, 34.966666666667
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Underwater Military Museum Aqaba Jordan
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Deep Blue Dive Center Aqaba
- City
- Aqaba
- Country
- Jordan
- Date
- 11 March, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 29.433333333333
Longitude: 34.966666666667
- Weather Conditions
-
Good
- Survey Depth Range
- 7–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 14 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 35 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 67 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 4 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 6 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 18 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 12 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 86 |
| Fishing: Line | 40 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 16 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 30 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 6 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 28 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 4 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 73 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 27 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 14 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 28 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 18 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
Enormous amount of finishing lines, new and old. One team focused on cutting out the lines the other teams on collecting the grabage.
Fishing lines, hooks, cages
baverage cans
Plastic bottles
