Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mango Bay - Koh Tao - Thailand
4 January, 2015
- Team Leader
- Jeroen Jansen
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 11 kgs (estimated)
11.264612, 101.249998
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mango Bay - Koh Tao - Thailand
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sunshine Divers - Koh Tao
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 4 January, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.264612
Longitude: 101.249998
- Weather Conditions
-
Wet Season, Raining, Waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–14 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 12 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 11 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 12 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 8 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 11 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 9 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 10 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 11 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
Strong Winds and Waves over the Monsoon Season in Koh Tao, Thailand would be the main cause for marine debri coming into the Bay. Also fishing boats mooring in the protected bays, like Mango Bay - and trash being thrown overboard from the fisherman.
Nail File
Plastic Bags
Food Wrappers and Containers
Bait Containers/Packaging
