Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Maehaad Reef
25 January, 2021
- Team Leader
- Jennnifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 6
- 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
- 25 January, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 62 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.085694
Longitude: 99.824335
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny & flat
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 25 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 100 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 52 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 6 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 3 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 51 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 46 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 57 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 9 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 88 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 22 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 4 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 14 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 6 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 33 |
| Cloth Fragments | 8 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 3 |
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| goggles | 1 |
| Canoe Paddle | 1 |
| Torch | 1 |
| Phone | 1 |
| Boat Propeller | CD |
| 1 | CD Case |
| 1 | ID card |
| 1 | Plastic Headband/Alice Band |
| Plastic Hair Clip | Plastic pump dispenser |
| 1 | Plastic Plant Pots |
Additional Information
Canoe paddle
Plastic bags
Plastic cups
Food wrappers
Comments and Feedback
This is now the 4th dive we've done in the same spot and you can definitely notice the difference. We're having to look for debris now where as before you'd hit a couple of spots and just stay there for the whole duration. As our bags have had a lot of use, so today I have to take them home and repair the seams again!
