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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Hornbill Rocks

25 January, 2012

Team Leader
Helen Macnee
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
1 kgs (estimated)

9.12108, 98.247986

Survey Information

Location Name
Hornbill Rocks
Organization/Dive Centre
Blue Guru
City
Kuraburi
Country
Thailand
Date
25 January, 2012
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 9.12108
Longitude: 98.247986
Weather Conditions
Sun & showers
Survey Depth Range
5–5 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 10
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Wrappers (foil/metal) 10

Juvenile green sea turtle with barnacles attached - now nicknamed Barney!


Dive was dive 1 of Turtle Awareness Specialty which includes collecting debris

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