Thanks to our:
Sponsors:
VIP DIVING COLLEGE and the VIP SHROUQ LIVEBOARD
Collaboration with:
Ras Mohammed National Park, CDWS, SSI
Participants:
28 participants, 3 guides, 6 crew members, and 2 Ras Mohammed National Park workers
Result:
3rd Clean Up at Eel Garden and Marsa Ghoslani
Today, numerous kilometers of fishing lines and 200 kilos of trash were removed from the Red Sea!
During the first dive, 28 volunteer divers managed to clear Eel Garden of fishing lines at depths ranging from 5 to 24 meters. We don’t know the exact length of the lines we removed, but if we were to tie them together, it would add up to several kilometers.
As the second dive was not intended to be as deep and the current became significantly stronger, we decided to relocate it to Marsa Ghoslani. Around 200 kilos of trash were recovered there – 200 kilos! More clean-ups are needed to fully rid this otherwise beautiful dive site of debris.
This may sound like a lot of work – and it is – but it’s FOR THE BENEFIT OF AND WITH ENTHUSIASM for OUR ENVIRONMENT.
Saber from VIP Diving College provided us with his safari boat, guides, crew, tanks, and weights.
Fabio Baviera, our videographer, was the first and last underwater to show what a clean-up looks like – and how people pollute our underwater world, but also how people like us try to repair the damage.
Hamada took over the dive briefing.
Ras Mohammed National Park supported us with trash collection and handling the administrative tasks.
CDWS and SSI actively participated in our clean-ups and helped spread our announcements.
