Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Japanese Garden
24 December, 2018
- Team Leader
- Paul Meredith
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 18 kgs (measured)
10.118571, 99.814548
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Japanese Garden
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Dive Academy
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 24 December, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 80 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.118571
Longitude: 99.814548
- Weather Conditions
-
Monsoon Rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 11668.2 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- 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) | 37 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 18 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 3 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 7 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 6 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 10 |
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 5 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 13 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 7 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 118 |
| Drums: 55 Gallon | 5 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 3 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
Additional Information
No
Food Cans
Plastic bottles
Plastic bags
Comments and Feedback
The participants: Shannon Witter, Jack Morten and Corey Roulent were completing DAD Specialty Instructor training
We all had great fun!!
