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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Red Rock / Japs

24 September, 2021

Team Leader
Jen Dowling
Number of Participants
13
Total Debris Collected
8 kgs (estimated)

10.121765700654, 99.815264439954

Survey Information

Location Name
Red Rock / Japs
Organization/Dive Centre
Eco Koh Tao - Crystal Dive
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
24 September, 2021
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.121765700654
Longitude: 99.815264439954
Weather Conditions
Windy / full sunshire
Survey Depth Range
4–16 meters
Area Surveyed
65 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 18
Food Wrappers (plastic) 12
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 4
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 3
Plastic Fragments 19
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Pull Tabs-beverages 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 6
Metal Fragments 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 1
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Cloth Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
other materials collected
crochet plastic shopping basket 1
Bracelet 1
Fan belt 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name crab
Number Entangled 5
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris net & clothing

crochet shopping basket

plastic fragments

food wrappers


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