Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Maehaad, Koh Tao, Thailand
5 February, 2022
- Team Leader
- Annika Lindkvist
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 17.5 kgs (measured)
10.085721, 99.824743
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Maehaad, Koh Tao, Thailand
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 5 February, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.085721
Longitude: 99.824743
- Weather Conditions
-
Fine
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 45 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
plastic materials collected | |
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Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 55 |
Baskets, Crates | 1 |
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 16 |
Bottles: Oil/lube | 3 |
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 3 |
Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 11 |
Food Wrappers (plastic) | 43 |
Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 7 |
Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
Plastic Fragments | 57 |
Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
glass materials collected | |
---|---|
Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
metal materials collected | |
---|---|
Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 14 |
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
Metal Fragments | 4 |
rubber materials collected | |
---|---|
Rubber Bands | 1 |
cloth materials collected | |
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Bags (burlap) | 9 |
Bags (cloth) | 1 |
Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
Cloth Fragments | 3 |
mixed materials collected | |
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Clothing | 3 |
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
other materials collected | |
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Toilet Brush | 1 |
Paint Roller | 1 |
Plasterer Trowels | 1 |
Additional Information
Heavy rain at the end of the year brought a lot of run off / trash into this area
Toilet Bruch
Plastic Fragments
Plastic Bags
Food Wrappers
Comments and Feedback
DAD was just offshore. We've been to the same area multiple times.