Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Laem Thien Bay
13 October, 2012
- Team Leader
- Mark Crowder
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 67 kgs (measured)
10.08876, 99.85471
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Laem Thien Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Master Divers
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 13 October, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 72 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.08876
Longitude: 99.85471
- Weather Conditions
-
Good
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–17 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) | 6 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 42 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 11 |
| Diapers/nappies | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 7 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 78 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 34 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 12 |
| Plastic Fragments | 31 |
| Cigarette Filters | 51 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 9 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 8 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 13 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Cloth Fragments | 8 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 5 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 2 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Childs bicycle | 1 |
| Fan from AC unit | 1 |
| Razor blade | 1 |
| Trowle | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
Additional Information
Childs bicycle
