Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Maehaad Shore Dive
5 February, 2021
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 23 kgs (estimated)
10.085706945854, 99.824389927789
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Maehaad Shore Dive
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Eco Koh Tao
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 5 February, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 66 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.085706945854
Longitude: 99.824389927789
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny & Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 45 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) | 58 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 35 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 5 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 24 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 31 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 19 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 10 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 75 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 32 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 37 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 5 |
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 8 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| PPE Mask | 2 |
| Disposable razor | 1 |
| Toilet Brush | 1 |
| Torch | 1 |
| kayak Paddle | 1 |
| Fan Belt | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Rope |
Additional Information
Kayak paddle
Plastic fragments
plastic bags
beverage cans
Comments and Feedback
This was the first time that we've found PPE Single Use Masks on our clean up. They're slowing making their way into the ocean :-( I regularly do a cycle clean up by myself and to-date, I've managed to prevent over 100 masks entering the ocean ;-D
