Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ao Mao
20 September, 2024
- Team Leader
- Maria Boadella
- Number of Participants
- 24
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (estimated)
10.093058565543, 99.851817863381
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ao Mao
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ban’s Diving Resort
- City
- Koh tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 20 September, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.093058565543
Longitude: 99.851817863381
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy and windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–13 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 8705.41 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral 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 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 19 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 6 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 11 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 49 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea slug |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic bottle |
Additional Information
Was storm last week and some current
Plastic bottles
Plastic fragments
Glass fragments
