Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS01 - Lighthouse Bay
8 June, 2016
- Team Leader
- Natalie Hut
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 kgs (estimated)
10.120406, 99.844178
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS01 - Lighthouse Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sunshine Divers Koh Tao Thailand
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 8 June, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.120406
Longitude: 99.844178
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and Raining
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 23 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 15 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
Local Fisherman fishing within the area and fishing nets drifting towards the reef and getting caught on the shallow waters of lighthouse bay reef
Digital Underwater Camera - we posted on Facebook to find who owns it!
Plastic Bottles
Fishing Nets
Fishing Lines
Comments and Feedback
It was Ocean Day and a great day to clean up Lighthouse Bay.
