Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Junkyard
22 February, 2024
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 13
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.9 kgs (measured)
10.088054293062, 99.821074331926
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Junkyard
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 22 February, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 53 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.088054293062
Longitude: 99.821074331926
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Plastic Fragments | 14 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 14 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| plastic mesh | 12 |
| carabiner | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | piece of plastic |
Additional Information
carabiner
plastic mesh
ropes
plastic fragments
