Super Diver's Dive Against Debris at Koh Racha Yai, Bay 1, Thailand
6 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- Jonathan Walsh
- Number of Participants
- 42
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
7.609911892124432, 98.37818290572613
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Super Diver's Dive Against Debris at Koh Racha Yai, Bay 1, Thailand
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Super Divers, Phuket
- City
- Patong
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 6 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 7.609911892124432
Longitude: 98.37818290572613
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm water, minimal waves, 20-25metre visibility, minimal current, between moons
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 150 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 15 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 23 |
Additional Information
plastic bottles
fishing line
wood/boat debris
Comments and Feedback
This dive site is used by the majority of Phuket dive centres and has approximately 200-600 divers visit daily - depending on the time of the year. It is currently high season (March) and Bay 1 has a large quantity of tourists and boats visiting. It is refreshing to see that dive companies and Instructors in the Phuket area are pro-active around this region at collecting marine debris when they dive, this is evident by the small quantity of debris collected. 42 divers of 14 teams covered a large area over an average of 43 mins of diving and retrieved very little. An awesome result not for the collection of debris but as a confirmation that Phuket divers are pro-active in the conservation of their dive sites.
