Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Mango Bay, Koh Tao

8 June, 2022

Team Leader
Jennifer Dowling
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
2.2 kgs (measured)

10.122801475158, 99.832480131866

Survey Information

Location Name
Mango Bay, Koh Tao
Organization/Dive Centre
The Coral Tribe
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
8 June, 2022
Survey Duration
65 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.122801475158
Longitude: 99.832480131866
Weather Conditions
Full sunshire
Survey Depth Range
2–13 meters
Area Surveyed
300 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 5
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 11
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
metal materials collected
Caps & Lids (metal) 5
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 5
Metal Fragments 2
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Cloth Fragments 1
other materials collected
fiberglass pieces 3
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name 1
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris crab

plastic fragments

plastic bottles

fishing net

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?