Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lighthouse Bay - Koh Tao Thailand
24 October, 2012
- Team Leader
- Rebecca Wastall
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (estimated)
6.664608, 101.601563
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lighthouse Bay - Koh Tao Thailand
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sunshine Divers
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 24 October, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 6.664608
Longitude: 101.601563
- Weather Conditions
-
calm waters
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 150 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fluorescent Light Tubes | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
Additional Information
mask and snorkel set underwater
