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laem thian bay

10 April, 2017

Team Leader
Steve
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
3 kgs (estimated)

10.088537110662, 99.854189073667

Survey Information

Location Name
laem thian bay
Organization/Dive Centre
simple life divers
City
chumphon
Country
Thailand
Date
10 April, 2017
Survey Duration
46 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.088537110662
Longitude: 99.854189073667
Weather Conditions
Nonseasonal amount of rain.
Survey Depth Range
3–-12 meters
Area Surveyed
90 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 6
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Caps & Lids (metal) 4
SCUBA Weights 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 2
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1

This site is by a abandon resort where people camp over night, due to the nonseasonal rain. The weather may have washed away the campers rubbish.

plastic bags, caught up in coal.

rope, entangled in the coral.

broken bottles many to collect.

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