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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Sairee Reef, Central Sairee

23 December, 2015

Team Leader
Verity Coleing
Number of Participants
9
Total Debris Collected
17 kgs (estimated)

10.093838, 99.814192

Survey Information

Location Name
Sairee Reef, Central Sairee
Organization/Dive Centre
Ban's Ecological Action for Coastal Health, Ban's Diving Resort
City
Koh tao
Country
Thailand
Date
23 December, 2015
Survey Duration
48 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.093838
Longitude: 99.814192
Weather Conditions
Heavy rains, windy, stormy
Survey Depth Range
4–9 meters
Area Surveyed
30 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Balloons 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 12
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 6
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cigarette Lighters 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 5
Cotton Bud Sticks 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Fishing: Line 6
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Foam Insulation & Packaging 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 19
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Straws, Stirrers 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 3
Toothbrushes 2
Plastic Fragments 21
Rope (plastic/nylon) 5
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 3
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 3
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 7
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 5
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 9
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
gopro with housing 1
sunglasses 1
aux chord 1

The weather conditions for the last week and the location of the dive site - the dive boats moor up here and due to the weather conditions the fishing boats as well.

gopro in housing

fishing line

plastic food wrappers

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