Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sairee Beach
25 April, 2014
- Team Leader
- Silvano Cacchione
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 kgs (estimated)
10.101036, 99.826412
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sairee Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Coral Grand Divers
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 25 April, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.101036
Longitude: 99.826412
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm / Dry / Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–11 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 22 |
| Tampon Applicators | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 110 |
| Cigarette Filters | 250 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 9 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
Additional Information
Songkran - Many tourist were celebrating on the beaches which contributed to a huge amount of littering
Pair of trousers
Cigarette ends
Straws
Plastic fragments
