Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ko Racha Yai
27 May, 2018
- Team Leader
- Zixiao Wang
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.5 kgs (estimated)
7.603838, 98.3663526
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ko Racha Yai
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Phuket
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 27 May, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 64 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 7.603838
Longitude: 98.3663526
- Weather Conditions
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Cloudy and windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–7.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 180.688 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
Additional Information
Tourist and resorts on the island may be the contributor.
There was a fishing sinker on a piece of coral. I put it into the beer can which was found on the sands.
Cans and cups
Plastic wraps
Fishing tools
Comments and Feedback
I love diving in Phuket, but there are too many tourists going to the Racha islands everyday, and not everyone is following the rules that we shouldn't fishing and litter here.
