Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Bans beach
10 March, 2025
- Team Leader
- Maria Boadella
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 7.5 kgs (measured)
10.094156, 99.827296
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Bans beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ban’s Diving Resort
- City
- Koh tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 10 March, 2025
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.094156
Longitude: 99.827296
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain but no wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–13 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1890.53 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) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 19 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 6 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 28 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 9 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fibers glass | 2 |
Additional Information
Storm on previous week, boats parking and a bar next to the beach
Beverage cans and plastic cups
Plastic cup
Cans from soft drinks
Cans from beers
