Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Hin Wong Bay - Koh Tao - Thailand
29 October, 2018
- Team Leader
- Jamie Hull
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 22.8 kgs (measured)
10.103800015688, 99.845847099564
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hin Wong Bay - Koh Tao - Thailand
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Davy Jones Locker (DJL) Diving Co Ltd.
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 29 October, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.103800015688
Longitude: 99.845847099564
- Weather Conditions
-
Good to moderate, light winds, light showers
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 10 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 26 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 11 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 10 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | juvenile parrot fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
| Comments | dead when i found him/her |
Additional Information
Local Fishermen on Koh Tao, Thailand
Fibreglass boat sheeting - part of a boat structure
Fishing Nets
Rope
Sharp glass fragments
Comments and Feedback
few tyres on site that require lift bags to remove.
