Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Junkyard (west side of site)
23 October, 2021
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
10.087601587428, 99.822966692989
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Junkyard (west side of site)
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 23 October, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 56 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.087601587428
Longitude: 99.822966692989
- Weather Conditions
-
Sun & small waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 7–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 45 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- 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) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 11 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 9 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 15 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 5 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic |
| Comments | don't know the species. Very small |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | plastic bottle |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic bottle |
Additional Information
plastic bottles
plastic frags
