Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Maehaad reef, North
30 April, 2021
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 kgs (estimated)
10.087348140981, 99.825042822261
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Maehaad reef, North
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Eco Koh Tao
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 30 April, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 87 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.087348140981
Longitude: 99.825042822261
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain showers
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 35 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 47 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 16 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 8 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 7 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 90 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 85 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| toilet brush | 1 |
| large plastic bowl | 1 |
| Dishwasing sponges | 3 |
| Air freshener | 1 |
| Fan belt | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Black Sea Cucumber |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | clothing |
| Comments | NA |
Additional Information
Heavy rain that might have brought some of the plastics into the shallows
Toilet brush
Food wrappers
Plastic fragments
Plastic bags
