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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS148 - Twin Peaks

25 October, 2017

Team Leader
Jennifer Dowling
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
3 kgs (estimated)

10.117279, 99.812562

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS148 - Twin Peaks
Organization/Dive Centre
crystaldive-ecokohtao
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
25 October, 2017
Survey Duration
51 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.117279
Longitude: 99.812562
Weather Conditions
Sunny
Survey Depth Range
8–18 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 11
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name Octopus
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing line
Comments Released unharmed. Very small octopus hiding in the fishing line

no

plastic fragments

food wrappers

fishing line

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