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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Junkyard

4 October, 2025

Team Leader
Jennifer Dowling
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
2.7 kgs (measured)

10.088341760146, 99.817834591648

Survey Information

Location Name
Junkyard
Organization/Dive Centre
The Coral Tribe
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
4 October, 2025
Survey Duration
56 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.088341760146
Longitude: 99.817834591648
Weather Conditions
Rainy/Sunny
Survey Depth Range
10–16.5 meters
Area Surveyed
300 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 14
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 9
Fishing: Line 10
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 13
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Plastic Fragments 32
Cigarette Filters 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 15
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 12
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 2
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 3
other materials collected
tablet pack 1
teabag 1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name fish
Number Entangled 2
Status dead
Type of Debris rope
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name crab
Number Entangled 2
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris plastic bottle
Other Animals
Species or Common Name octopus
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris plastic bottle

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