Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Maehaad Reef
6 January, 2021
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 22 kgs (estimated)
10.085694, 99.824335
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Maehaad Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Eco Koh Tao
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 6 January, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 58 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.085694
Longitude: 99.824335
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny & calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.5–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 15 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) | 79 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 30 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 22 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 116 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 5 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 137 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 4 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 14 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 3 |
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 8 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 20 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| plastic comb | 1 |
| Toothpaste tubes | 2 |
| Plastic disposable razor | 2 |
| make up tube | 1 |
| Towel Rail | 1 |
| Speed boat arm rest | 1 |
Additional Information
Plastic disposable razors
Plastic pieces
Plastic bags
Plastic cups
Comments and Feedback
This is now our 2nd clean up that we've done, only covering a small area and it's saddening to see the layers of plastic, silt in amongst the rock which used to be healthy coral. There are a few patches still alive but you can almost feel their struggle to stay alive.
