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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Lighthouse Bay, Koh Tao, Thailand

4 March, 2015

Team Leader
Natalie Hunt & Michael Richardson
Number of Participants
25
Total Debris Collected
45 kgs (estimated)

10.067572, 99.827271

Survey Information

Location Name
Lighthouse Bay, Koh Tao, Thailand
Organization/Dive Centre
Sunshine Divers & Ban's Diving Resort
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
4 March, 2015
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.067572
Longitude: 99.827271
Weather Conditions
Sunny, Waves and poor visibility
Survey Depth Range
5–14 meters
Area Surveyed
300 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 236
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 250
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 3
Bottles: Oil/lube 8
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 71
Fishing: Line 12
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 4
Food Wrappers (plastic) 26
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 22
Straws, Stirrers 8
Plastic Fragments 17
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Fluorescent Light Tubes 2
Jars-food (glass) 3
Beverage Bottles (glass) 6
metal materials collected
Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 2
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 22
Tires/tyres 3
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 2
Pallets 1
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 3
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 9
mixed materials collected
Clothing 5
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 4
other materials collected
Bangage 1
sunglasses 1
toothpaste 1
medication pills 40
teapot 1

Construction Waste and Fishing Boats

Tea pot

Plastic Bottles (Water-bottles)

Fishing Nets and Ropes

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