Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lighthouse Bay - Koh Tao- Thailand
19 May, 2018
- Team Leader
- Jack Fishman and Tim Hunt
- Number of Participants
- 26
- Total Debris Collected
- 36 kgs (estimated)
10.120406195041, 99.844177812338
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lighthouse Bay - Koh Tao- Thailand
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Assava Dive Resort
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 19 May, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.120406195041
Longitude: 99.844177812338
- Weather Conditions
-
Slight Rain, hot, sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- 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) | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 51 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 38 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 63 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 19 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 91 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 82 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 4 |
| Wood Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 2 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 18 |
| Cloth Fragments | 11 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 4 |
Additional Information
Snorkel Trips, Dive Boats, Run-off from the island
Plastic Fragments
Plastic Bottles
Glass Bottles
Comments and Feedback
Koh Tao community effort with several dive centres on Koh Tao joining in with Jack Fishman Project Aware Co-ordinator to learn further about the AWARE Marine Debri Programs.
