Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Hin Wong
14 September, 2023
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 18
- Total Debris Collected
- 31.4 kgs (measured)
10.104698, 99.847426
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hin Wong
- Organization/Dive Centre
- THE CORAL TRIBE
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 14 September, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 51 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.104698
Longitude: 99.847426
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 11–11.7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 26 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 9 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 23 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 37 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 88 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 6 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 20 |
| Cigarette Filters | 444 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 13 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 16 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 7 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 28 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 2 |
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 9 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 7 |
| Tampons | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Electrical guage | 1 |
| Boat propeller | 1 |
| Face mask PPE | 4 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 9 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic bottle & fishing net / rope |
Additional Information
No
Boat propeller
