Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lighthouse Bay
28 March, 2024
- Team Leader
- Marlena
- Number of Participants
- 18
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
10.120113, 99.842587
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lighthouse Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sairee Cottage Diving GoPro
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 28 March, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.120113
Longitude: 99.842587
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 60 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 60 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 5 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 14 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 3 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 56 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 30 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 6 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 55 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 7 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sea Turtle | |
| Species or Common Name | Green Sea Turtle |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Type of Debris | None |
| Comments | Breathing at surface |
Additional Information
Wind blowing debris from mainland
Scuba regulator mouthpiece
Plastic bottles
Fishing nets
Plastic fragments
Comments and Feedback
We visit this site for a cleanup monthly, and collected less debris than usual this time
