Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Hin Wong Bay
25 September, 2014
- Team Leader
- Chloe Stinger & Abby Krause
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 35 kgs (estimated)
9.676569, 99.997559
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hin Wong Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sunshine Divers
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 25 September, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.676569
Longitude: 99.997559
- Weather Conditions
-
windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 83 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 10 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 36 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 9 |
| Cigarette Filters | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 12 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 34 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 4 |
Additional Information
when southeast wind many fisher boats find shelter in the bay. Plus loads of snorkel tours come in and out the bay very often. This all together makes the bay vulnerable for debris.
plastic
fish nets
Comments and Feedback
We encourage other dive schools to visit Hin Wong Bay for their clean up dives. We will go back soon.
