North bay of Sak Island Pattaya Thailand
24 April, 2022
- Team Leader
- Pithan Bholnivas
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 150 kgs (estimated)
12.944333007432, 100.79230591541
Survey Information
- Location Name
- North bay of Sak Island Pattaya Thailand
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Wahoo Diving Center
- City
- bangkok
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 24 April, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 85 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.944333007432
Longitude: 100.79230591541
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny Day
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 900 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- sandy bottom with rock occasionally
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 30 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 150 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 5 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 3 |
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 10 |
| Rubber Bands | 3 |
| Rubber Fragments | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
Additional Information
The bay is the famous place for tourist to approach to the beach on the island and famous for water activities such as , jet ski, scuba diving , banana boat riding , sailing and etc so majority of garbage are thrown from the boat .
Nothing unusual , debris found were thrown or fallen off from the boat where they came to moor at the bay for water activities including boat approaching bay to the beach on the island.
Glass Bottle - wave can bring them up to the beach and become garbage on the beach, small creatures use those bottles to become their habitat
Plastic Bottle- similar to the glass bottles
mixed garbage - pollution underwater
Comments and Feedback
The good dive site , many small creatures live their live in the garbage especially in the glass and plastic bottles which when collect debris be careful not to destroy their habitat ,we may need to leave debris like that as they are . Since some part of the dive site ,depth is quite shallow so please be careful for the jet ski and small boat traffic get in and out the bay above the divers before ascent to the surface it is advised to use the buoy and dive flag and ascent if outside of the buoy use DSMB .
