Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Junkyard (West)
27 September, 2021
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 kgs (estimated)
10.092015101613, 99.809575045871
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Junkyard (West)
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 27 September, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 63 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.092015101613
Longitude: 99.809575045871
- Weather Conditions
-
Partial cloud with slight waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 65 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 91 |
| Cigarette Filters | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 6 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 9 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| sponge | 2 |
| Sun glasses lens | 1 |
| Propella & shaft | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Type of Debris | crab |
Additional Information
propeller & sharft
plastic fragments
plastic bags
foil wrappers
