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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Long Beach

31 March, 2013

Team Leader
Richard Reardon
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
3 kgs (estimated)

7.617043, 99.028423

Survey Information

Location Name
Long Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Lanta Diver
City
Koh Lanta
Country
Thailand
Date
31 March, 2013
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 7.617043
Longitude: 99.028423
Weather Conditions
Sunny and flat seas
Survey Depth Range
4–7 meters
Area Surveyed
30 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 6
Cigarette Filters 8
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1

I organised this Dive For Debris as a Workshop during an IDC at Lanta Diver. I plan to try and do this on all my IDCs from now on to show candidates how to organise, register and record their clean-up efforts, and to encourage them to do so in the future.

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