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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
14 kgs (estimated)

10.120614, 99.843502

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
51 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.120614
Longitude: 99.843502
Weather Conditions
calm, sunny
Survey Depth Range
5.7–11.7 meters
Area Surveyed
20 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) 19
Bags: Trash (plastic) 7
Bait Containers, Packaging 2
Balloons 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 73
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 18
Cigarette Lighters 4
Fishing: Line 17
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 12
Food Wrappers (plastic) 13
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Straws, Stirrers 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 2
Plastic Fragments 9
Cigarette Filters 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 23
glass materials collected
Fluorescent Light Tubes 2
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 3
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 7
Strapping Bands (metal) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Metal Fragments 3
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 3
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 2
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Clothing 2

we found several plastic bottles and a lot of fishing gear

plastic bottles

fishing line

fishing gear

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