Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Aow Leuk
17 April, 2023
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 15.6 kgs (measured)
10.072369722646, 99.839696043892
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Aow Leuk
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 17 April, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.072369722646
Longitude: 99.839696043892
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 4.8–7.9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 67 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 26 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 16 |
| Diapers/nappies | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 46 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 66 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 11 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 88 |
| Cigarette Filters | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 5 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 49 |
| Cloth Fragments | 11 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| face mask ppe | 18 |
| plastic burlap sack | 6 |
| covid tests | 2 |
| toothpaste tube | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | nets and plastic bag |
Additional Information
current
covid tests
face mask ppe
plastic bags
plastic food wrappers
