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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS466 - Hin Wong Bay

17 September, 2018

Team Leader
Monique Richards
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
32 kgs (measured)

10.103623, 99.846103

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS466 - Hin Wong Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Davy Jones Locker Diving
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
17 September, 2018
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.103623
Longitude: 99.846103
Weather Conditions
Wavy, rainy
Survey Depth Range
6–11 meters
Area Surveyed
1054.12 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 9
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 31
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 21
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 16
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 17
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Cars & Car Parts 2
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 1
Tires/tyres 3
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 5
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
other materials collected
Paint from boat 1
Fabric sieve 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 4
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Net

No

Sarong

Fishing net

Fishing line

Plastic bottles

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