Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Maehaad Reef
19 November, 2021
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 22.6 kgs (measured)
10.08598153856, 99.824699484795
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Maehaad Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 19 November, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.08598153856
Longitude: 99.824699484795
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny/ rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 30 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 179 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 18 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 15 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 32 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 17 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 44 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 12 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 295 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 23 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 7 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 130 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 7 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 7 |
| Cloth Fragments | 29 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sponge | 2 |
| Razor | 2 |
| Toner cartridge | 1 |
| Hairclip | 1 |
| Pen | 1 |
| PPE | 7 |
| Plastic corrugated sheet | 1 |
| Fan casing | 1 |
| fridge shelf | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crabs |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic |
Additional Information
heavy rain, Monsoon
Toner Cartridge
Plastic Fragments
Plastic Bags
Foil Wrappers
