Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Banana Bay, Racha Noi
22 July, 2020
- Team Leader
- Spencer Edgerton-Smith
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 32 kgs (estimated)
7.5206315575802, 98.339560132976
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Banana Bay, Racha Noi
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Andy’s Scuba Diving Phuket
- City
- Racha Yai
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 22 July, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 56 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 7.5206315575802
Longitude: 98.339560132976
- Weather Conditions
-
Intermittent cloud and rain. Mostly sun
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–11.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 6308.16 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 29 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 11 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 9 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 7 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 6 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
Additional Information
Plastic bottles
Fishing line
Rope
Comments and Feedback
As expected there was much more plastic waste than the last survey site. Still not as much underwater as expected. There was a lot of surface debris that gets caught in the Ricky bays
Racha Noi Island doesn’t show up on the map so I’ve positioned the dive area to roughly where the island lies.
