Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Hin Wong Bay (North)
2 October, 2021
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.75 kgs (estimated)
10.101678378793, 99.85117453624
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hin Wong Bay (North)
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 2 October, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 69 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.101678378793
Longitude: 99.85117453624
- Weather Conditions
-
Overcast & windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 7–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 6 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- Rubble & 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 | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 16 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Coral crabs |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | ghost net |
| Comments | we were not able to get all the net off the crabs |
Additional Information
Fishing
Scuba Diving Torch
Ghost fishing net
plastic fragments
Comments and Feedback
Ghost net was found in the first 5 minutes of our dive. Cut it into pieces and spent the whole dive trying to detangle the live corals from it. We had to leave a section of it that was tangled in rubble.
