Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Japanese Gardens
17 January, 2017
- Team Leader
- Kelly Ann Nickel and Peter Bolanis
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
10.119234877906619, 99.81508120894432
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Japanese Gardens
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sunshine DIvers Koh Tao Thailand
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 17 January, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.119234877906619
Longitude: 99.81508120894432
- Weather Conditions
-
Strong winds , heavy rains and floods
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 25 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 33 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 22 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 17 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 9 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 29 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 13 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 9 |
Additional Information
December/January 2016-2017 Koh Tao suffered extreme monsoon weather (winds, Rains , storms and flooding) The majority of the areas have been affected around the island with miscellaneous debri.
An unused diaper was the most interesting item found.
Plastic bottles and bags
straws
rope and strings
