Dive Against Debris Data Submission
AOW MAO
4 May, 2023
- Team Leader
- Jenifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 22.5 kgs (measured)
10.093384159335, 99.852983397884
Survey Information
- Location Name
- AOW MAO
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 4 May, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 51 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.093384159335
Longitude: 99.852983397884
- Weather Conditions
-
tropical storms
- Survey Depth Range
- 7–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 138 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 8 |
| Diapers/nappies | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 25 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 19 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 13 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 7 |
| Cloth Fragments | 13 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 6 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Plastic Pen | 3 |
| Plastic Burlaps | 10 |
| PPE | 4 |
| Covid Test | 1 |
| Cushions | 2 |
| Rolling Pin | 1 |
| Dog Lead | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Shrimp |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | N/A |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | N/A |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Brittle Star |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | N/A |
Additional Information
NO
Rolling Pin
Plastic Bottle
Fishing net
Burlaps sack
