Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Junkyard
21 January, 2020
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 9 kgs (estimated)
10.086541705841, 99.823262548329
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Junkyard
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Eco Koh Tao - Crystal Dive
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 21 January, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 48 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.086541705841
Longitude: 99.823262548329
- Weather Conditions
-
partial clouds, sun, light rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 5.5–8.8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 250 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 7 |
| Plastic Fragments | 32 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 8 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| plastic light | 1 |
| electric cable | 2 |
| metal rod | 2 |
| electric panel(plastic wood, wire) | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Damselfish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | glass bottle |
Additional Information
dive boats moored up in harbor
electric panel
plastic fragments
rope and string
fishing line
