Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Torpedo Wreck
1 November, 2014
- Team Leader
- Chris Hailey
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (measured)
10.304448, 99.757233
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Torpedo Wreck
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Phangan International Diving School
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 1 November, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.304448
Longitude: 99.757233
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 42–50 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- Wreck/Silt bottom
- Ecosystem
- Wreck
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | barracuda |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | nets, fishing line |
| Comments | Fish were some trapped in nets some just dumped over the wreck |
Additional Information
Trawlers dumping fish and discarding nets over the wreck
nets
fishing line
trawlers
Comments and Feedback
Dive site was mainly surveyed to count the nets for later retrieval but we found 1000s of fish dumped over the wreck, some alive and rotting but most were dead. lots of barracuda, snapper and rabbit fish.
