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Black Turtle Reef

12 October, 2023

Team Leader
Lucas
Number of Participants
9
Total Debris Collected
129 kgs (measured)

10.085548587237, 99.824296310935

Survey Information

Location Name
Black Turtle Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Black Turtle Dive
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
12 October, 2023
Survey Duration
35 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.085548587237
Longitude: 99.824296310935
Weather Conditions
Calm and dry
Survey Depth Range
1–5.2 meters
Area Surveyed
2000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bait Containers, Packaging 25
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 23
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 73
Gloves (latex) 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
Plastic Fragments 140
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 48
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 4
Pipes & Rebar 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 6
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 2
Tires/tyres 2
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 16
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 10
Cloth Fragments 6
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 10
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2

Dive site close to the pier a well known trash hotspot

Dog Jaw

Plastics

Ropes

Tyres

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