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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS01 - Lighthouse Bay

27 May, 2020

Team Leader
Natalie Hunt
Number of Participants
33
Total Debris Collected
46 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
27 May, 2020
Survey Duration
49 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.120406195041
Longitude: 99.844177812338
Weather Conditions
Calm, Rains at Night, No Storms, No waves - flat, Visibility - 8-10m.
Survey Depth Range
6.3–16 meters
Area Surveyed
1000 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 41
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 225
Caps & Lids (plastic) 173
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 17
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 10
Straws, Stirrers 2
Plastic Fragments 217
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 10
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Fluorescent Light Tubes 1
Jars-food (glass) 3
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 4
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 4
Beverage Bottles (glass) 6
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 2
Appliances: Household 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 8
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 4
Caps & Lids (metal) 4
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 13
Metal Fragments 6
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 5
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 4
other materials collected
fishing floats 4
paint roller 1
sun glasses 1
half crash helmet 1
strawberry on a rope 1
broken torch 1
torpedo fishing light looks like a cock/dildo actually might be 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name little cute crab
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris in a plastic bottle
Comments cute

no

cloth face mask, half crash helmet, strawberry on a rope, dildo light.

plastic bottles under 2 litres

plastic fragments

plastic caps and lids

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