Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lighthouse
1 February, 2024
- Team Leader
- David
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (estimated)
10.120423, 99.843988
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lighthouse
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 1 February, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 64 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.120423
Longitude: 99.843988
- Weather Conditions
-
Mixed weather/ rainy
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–10.3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 12880.8 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 38 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Coral |
| Number Entangled | 14 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic Bag |
| Comments | Lots of stag horn coral with bags caught |
Additional Information
Monsoon season brought lots of debri into the cove and run off caused debri to come from mainland
Plastic
Comments and Feedback
More clean up dives needed
Current bringing lots of debri in from sea
