AN UNDERWATER CLEAN-UP WITH DUBAI CREEK RESORT & MARINA

We had such a fantastic turnout on Saturday the 18th of February for our Cleanup Arabia Dubai Creek Marina dive with Dubai Creek Resort. Divers Down and Al Boom Diving provided the event’s tank and weights.

The event was fully booked for 68 divers. There were 2 informed cancellations, 53 divers checked in at the morning’s scheduled registration – 5 couldn’t dive due to sinus issues, but they came to volunteer as surface support – making it a total of 48 divers taking part. Our divers did an amazing job with the day’s limited underwater visibility, managing to bring up 696 items weighing in at 302.5kg! The most collected item were plastic bags, followed by plastic cups, plates, and food containers.

EDA’s Reef Check Trainer, Rania Shawki Mostafa made sure to carefully collect the small marine life that was found hiding in some of the marine debris with our younger volunteers and they were put back into the marina. They included little crabs, snails and small starfish. It was a super fun day with outstanding teamwork by all.

A huge shout out to the 14 support volunteers from the Dubai Voluntary Dive Team for all the dedication they provided with registration and surface logistics. The kayakers were an asset to our divers as marine debris collection points and handing out spare mesh bags when needed, as well as providing drinking water.

We want to thank Dubai Creek Resort for providing our eco warriors with a lunch buffet at the Casa de Tapas at the end of the activity, and for making the event such a success.