Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mango Bay
6 August, 2016
- Team Leader
- Hardik Datanwala
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 14 kgs (estimated)
10.103275, 99.825811
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mango Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- dive-careers.com
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 6 August, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.103275
Longitude: 99.825811
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy with rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 250 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
The survey location was quite clean except for construction material (paint can, pipes). A lot of pieces of chipped fiber glass were found at the site.
Chipped fiber glass from boats
Comments and Feedback
This dive against debris was conducted as a part of our divemaster mentoring program in order to instill into dive professionals that every dive is a dive against debris and we as dive professionals share a responsibility towards our Oceans.
