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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Hin Wong Bay

11 June, 2015

Team Leader
Verity Coleing
Number of Participants
18
Total Debris Collected
58 kgs (estimated)

10.101971, 99.848932

Survey Information

Location Name
Hin Wong Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Ban's Ecological Action for Coastal Health
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
11 June, 2015
Survey Duration
58 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.101971
Longitude: 99.848932
Weather Conditions
Hot and sunny, patchy showers,
Survey Depth Range
6–16 meters
Area Surveyed
50 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) 7
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Balloons 2
Balls 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 71
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 27
Cigarette Lighters 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cotton Bud Sticks 4
Fishing: Line 24
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 13
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 9
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Straws, Stirrers 17
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 3
Plastic Fragments 8
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 3
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 7
Beverage Bottles (glass) 12
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 5
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 7
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 4
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 2
Rubber Bands 1
Tires/tyres 4
Rubber Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 6
Towels/rags 3
Cloth Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 5
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 6
Toys 4
other materials collected
wallet 1
toothpaste 1
tiles 2
glass panel 1
coat hanger 1

Snorkeling tours popular in the area,

wallet, waterpistol, inside of a car cushion,

plastic bottles

fishing line / net / equipment

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