Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Junk Yard, Koh Tao
6 December, 2018
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (measured)
10.086288871001, 99.824167903231
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Junk Yard, Koh Tao
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Eco Koh Tao - Crystal Dive
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 6 December, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.086288871001
Longitude: 99.824167903231
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, Some rain and wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 150 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 13 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 6 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 13 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 4 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
Additional Information
Film reel
fishing lines
plastic fragments
metal caps/lids
