Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Purple Head
8 June, 2024
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 12.5 kgs (measured)
10.11327417115, 99.812291976752
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Purple Head
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 8 June, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 59 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.11327417115
Longitude: 99.812291976752
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 11–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 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 | |
|---|---|
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 7 |
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 24 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 9 |
| Plastic Fragments | 43 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 23 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 11 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| toothpaste | 1 |
| fishing reel | 1 |
| rice cooker | 1 |
| paint roller | 1 |
| lamp | 1 |
| remote | 1 |
| playing cards | 15 |
| coil | 1 |
| cable tie | 1 |
| canvas | 1 |
| pot lid | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | shrimp |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | net |
Additional Information
rice cooker
