Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Black Turtle Dive Reef
7 December, 2022
- Team Leader
- Lucas P LEVY
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 16 kgs (measured)
10.085349953816, 99.824160549934
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Black Turtle Dive Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Black Turtle Dive
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 7 December, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.085349953816
Longitude: 99.824160549934
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy and wavy for most of the week. Clear while doing survey
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–3.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 400 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 3 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 13 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cigar Tips | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 55 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 9 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 4 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
From october to november it's monsoon season on koh Tao
Surface Marker Buoy
Food wrapper
Fishing Line
plastic bottles
