Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS70 - Saxophone
1 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- Gary Phillips
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (estimated)
12.897548, 100.774164
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS70 - Saxophone
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Jomtien Dive Center
- City
- Jomtien
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 1 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.897548
Longitude: 100.774164
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly Calm, little wind, 1 day rain.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5637.7 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 12 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 15 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 7 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 8 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 18 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 15 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 5 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 11 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 8 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 7 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
no one regulates fishing in the area resulting in lots of fishing lines, nets and hooks left, fishing traps unmarked and not returned to
nothing unusual on this dive for what we see on a regular basis in the area.
plastic - floating bags, turtles.
fishing items - tangle coral and trap fish
Glass- smashed easy to cut yourself
