Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Aow Leuk
11 January, 2024
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 14.4 kgs (measured)
10.070875553948, 99.842331784054
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Aow Leuk
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 11 January, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 46 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.070875553948
Longitude: 99.842331784054
- Weather Conditions
-
Cloudy
- Survey Depth Range
- 5.9–11.9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 400 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) | 86 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 13 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 105 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 49 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 50 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 7 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 55 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 7 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| sunglasses | 1 |
| PPE | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | rope |
Additional Information
recent high winds
Daiper
plastic cups
plastic bags
food wrappers
