Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS466 - Hin Wong Bay
29 October, 2018
- Team Leader
- Gregory Fresquet
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 11.2 kgs (measured)
10.103623, 99.846103
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS466 - Hin Wong Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Davy Jones Locker
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 29 October, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 58 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.103623
Longitude: 99.846103
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 900 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 9 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 27 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 11 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 11 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | parrot fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | none |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crabs |
| Number Entangled | 10 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | baby crabs |
| Comments | The crabs lived in the nets and were released |
Additional Information
Fishermen
Piece of carbon fibre sheeting from a boat, about 7 kgs
Fishing net
fishing line
plastic bottles.
Comments and Feedback
Due to monsoon it will be difficult to access this dive site as regularly as we would like.
