Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Hin Wong Bay, Koh Tao
25 October, 2015
- Team Leader
- Manuel Pelaez
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 50 kgs (estimated)
7.013668, 117.246094
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hin Wong Bay, Koh Tao
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Manuel Pelaez/Davy Jones Locker Dive School
- Country
- Date
- 25 October, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 7.013668
Longitude: 117.246094
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 7.01367 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 200 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 150 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 50 |
| Baskets, Crates | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 50 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 5 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 3 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 20 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 20 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 15 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 30 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fluorescent Light Tubes | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 100 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 15 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 2 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 30 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 20 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 20 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | fish |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | plastic bag |
| Comments | The fish was found inside of 2 different plastic bag |
Additional Information
Contruction waste,
Plastic bags, plastic bottles, fisherman nets,plastic covers for food
plastic bags
plastic bottles
fishing nets
