Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS199 - Hin Ngam Bay
28 December, 2016
- Team Leader
- Emilia Cleverdon/ Andrea Warren
- Number of Participants
- 13
- Total Debris Collected
- 33 kgs (measured)
10.0664, 99.8424
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS199 - Hin Ngam Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Buddha View/ Dive-careers
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 28 December, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.0664
Longitude: 99.8424
- Weather Conditions
-
Heavy rain and strong winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 200 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 20 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 10 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 20 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 30 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 15 |
| Plastic Fragments | 100 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 4 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 500 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
there is a resort above, we think that garbage is blowing down from the hills into the water.
full plastic basket
Plastic- little plastic bags
lots of rope
Comments and Feedback
there was little pieces of plastic pooling together at the surface. it was too hard to grab it. Will need to go back with some sort of net. When we dropped down, the reef itself looked good, then we looked up and we were surrounded by plastic bags. It was overwhelming and shocking to see. All the students were quite upset after. I will go back with a camera to film next time.
