Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Aow Leuk
16 January, 2023
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 17.5 kgs (estimated)
10.072469969423, 99.839718613721
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Aow Leuk
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 16 January, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.072469969423
Longitude: 99.839718613721
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, Sunny, Changing tides
- Survey Depth Range
- 7–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 17 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 19 |
| Plastic Fragments | 9 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| facemasks | 4 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Coral |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Type of Debris | Plastic Sacks |
| Comments | Plastic sacks caught on the coral and strands from the bags wrapped round coral structure, had to be cut away. |
Additional Information
Hat buried in sand
Sacks
Facemasks
