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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS01 - Lighthouse Bay

9 February, 2020

Team Leader
Katarina Grepp
Number of Participants
20
Total Debris Collected
11.5 kgs (measured)

10.120406195041, 99.844177812338

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS01 - Lighthouse Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Assava Dive Resort
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
9 February, 2020
Survey Duration
46 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.120406195041
Longitude: 99.844177812338
Weather Conditions
Calm, slight winds from east
Survey Depth Range
1.6–10 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 9
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 6
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 71
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 32
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 10
Fishing: Line 50
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 33
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 28
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 2
Straws, Stirrers 9
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 82
Rope (plastic/nylon) 99
glass materials collected
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 10
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 10
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 9
other materials collected
Medical containers (tablets or similar) plastic 6
Face shield 1
Hair tie 1
Whyteboard marker 1
Cosmetics container plastic/mixed 3
Plastic flower 1
Part of a torch 1
Plastic bucket 1
Fake nail 1
Pen 1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name Small fish
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris plastic bottle
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Rope

Eastern winds

Plastic part that looked like being a part of a vacuum cleaner

Rope (plastic)

Beverage bottle: less than 2 litres (plastic)

Plastic fragments

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