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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS01 - Lighthouse Bay

7 March, 2020

Team Leader
Katarina Grepp
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
22 kgs (measured)

10.120406195041, 99.844177812338

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS01 - Lighthouse Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Assava Dive Resort
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
7 March, 2020
Survey Duration
49 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.120406195041
Longitude: 99.844177812338
Weather Conditions
Calm
Survey Depth Range
3–14.5 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 219
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 4
Caps & Lids (plastic) 7
Cigarette Lighters 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Fishing: Line 19
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 17
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Plastic Fragments 53
Cigarette Filters 3
Rope (plastic/nylon) 108
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 2
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 4
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 6
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 11
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 5
other materials collected
Soap bottle (plastic) 6
Pen (plastic/mixed) 2
Medical container (plastic) 4
Tape 1
Medical cream tube (metal/plastic) 1
Camera stand (?) plastic 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Rope

Wind from east

Camera stand, or something looking like a small camera stand in plastic.

Small plastic bottles

Plastic/nylon rope

Plastic fragments

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