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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Hin Wong, Koh Tao

10 June, 2022

Team Leader
Jennifer Dowlig
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
15.9 kgs (measured)

10.103881024027, 99.845697440344

Survey Information

Location Name
Hin Wong, Koh Tao
Organization/Dive Centre
The Coral Tribe
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
10 June, 2022
Survey Duration
61 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.103881024027
Longitude: 99.845697440344
Weather Conditions
sunny & calm
Survey Depth Range
3.7–11.2 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
sand with a lot of area's wit silt covering
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 29
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 10
Bottles: Oil/lube 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Fishing: Line 15
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 11
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 6
Straws, Stirrers 2
Plastic Fragments 17
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Caps & Lids (metal) 6
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 2
SCUBA Weights 1
Strapping Bands (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 5
Wrappers (foil/metal) 9
Metal Fragments 5
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 6
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Cloth Fragments 6
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 5
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
other materials collected
PENS 3
Reading glasses 1
Sun glasses 1
clothes peg 1
fiber glass fragments mosquito mesh window frame
cushion 1
fishing net light 1
fan belt 1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name dont know
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris can
Comments must have been in a can
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name crabs
Number Entangled 4
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris net

boats come into Hin Wong to shelter when the weather is bad. Most of the trash had been down there a long time apart from a couple of balls of fishing line that were very new

shoe's

fishing line

plastic bags

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