Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mango drop
17 March, 2016
- Team Leader
- David Taylor
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 18.5 kgs (measured)
10.122926, 99.832131
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mango drop
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Master Divers
- City
- Mae Haad
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 17 March, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 69 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.122926
Longitude: 99.832131
- Weather Conditions
-
Very good little to no wind calm no waves larger tides than normal
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–14.4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 11828.5 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 43 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 30 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 12 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 38 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 5 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 94 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 9 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 15 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 19 |
| Towels/rags | 20 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fibre Glass | 13 |
| duct tape | 2 |
| rubber tubing | 1 |
| electric cable | 3 |
Additional Information
parts of a boat hull
fishing line
plastic rope
plastic fragments
Comments and Feedback
last time 100s of plastic bottles and fragments this time a lot less popular dive site
