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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Lighthouse Bay

13 January, 2016

Team Leader
Verity Coleing
Number of Participants
16
Total Debris Collected
15 kgs (estimated)

10.120387, 99.843661

Survey Information

Location Name
Lighthouse Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Ban's Ecological Action for Coastal Health, Ban's Diving Resort
City
Koh tao
Country
Thailand
Date
13 January, 2016
Survey Duration
56 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.120387
Longitude: 99.843661
Weather Conditions
sunny and calm
Survey Depth Range
6–13 meters
Area Surveyed
30 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) 14
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 14
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 9
Cigarette Lighters 1
Fishing: Line 26
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 16
Food Wrappers (plastic) 17
Gloves (latex) 1
Straws, Stirrers 3
Toothbrushes 1
Plastic Fragments 12
Rope (plastic/nylon) 7
glass materials collected
Fluorescent Light Tubes 2
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 9
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 3
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
other materials collected
hairband 1
cd rom 1
football (deflated) 1
compressor belt 2
dive slate 1
pen 1

We found several large sections of fishing net, fishing line and rope

fishing gear (lines, nets, rope)

plastic food wrappers

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