Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS432 - Laem Thian
24 July, 2019
- Team Leader
- Alexandra Dalibey
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (estimated)
10.087849598222, 99.853415506528
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS432 - Laem Thian
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Master Divers
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 24 July, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 123 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.087849598222
Longitude: 99.853415506528
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm weather, no rain, no currents, no wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 12238 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 10 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 15 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 10 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 11 |
| Toothbrushes | 20 |
| Plastic Fragments | 50 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 50 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 46 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 6 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 10 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 12 |
Additional Information
not a special event, but there is an abandoned resort where tourists camp and use the beach and the majority of the debris seems to be washed in from that particular beach;
Syringe
Plastic
Glass
Fishing line
