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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Sairee Beach, Koh Tao, Thailand

22 April, 2013

Team Leader
Silvano Cacchione
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
110 kgs (measured)

10.10148, 99.825876

Survey Information

Location Name
Sairee Beach, Koh Tao, Thailand
Organization/Dive Centre
Coral Grand Divers
City
Koh tao
Country
Thailand
Date
22 April, 2013
Survey Duration
120 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.10148
Longitude: 99.825876
Weather Conditions
A storm had recently passed through lasting a few days, strong wind and currents.
Survey Depth Range
0–10 meters
Area Surveyed
500 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 22
Bags: Trash (plastic) 49
Bait Containers, Packaging 3
Balloons 10
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 19
Bottles: Oil/lube 18
Caps & Lids (plastic) 52
Cigarette Lighters 12
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 35
Fishing: Line 8
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 4
Foam Insulation & Packaging 8
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 6
Straws, Stirrers 28
Plastic Fragments 300
Cigarette Filters 150
glass materials collected
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 95
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 16
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 12
Caps & Lids (metal) 20
Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 5
Metal Fragments 23
rubber materials collected
Condoms 1
wood materials collected
Pallets 3
Wood Fragments 6
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 8
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 20
mixed materials collected
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2
Fireworks 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3

Oil filter


Our earth day event was a successful event, we here at coral grand organized both a beach and reef clean up but also we walked along our main road and manage to clean up well over 100kg. A lot of the rubbish we found in the ocean was due to a recent storm which had passed by here on koh tao, with strong winds pushing lots of rubbish into the water. Thankfully a lot was collected.

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