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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop

1 October, 2017

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
7 kgs (estimated)

36.136072, 129.398292

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Against Debris Korea (Daegu)
City
Pohang
Country
South Korea
Date
1 October, 2017
Survey Duration
39 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
Weather Conditions
Typhoon far off shore the previous weekend with 2 meter waters at this divesite. Otherwise 1 day of rain and sunny the others.
Survey Depth Range
1–4 meters
Area Surveyed
15 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 42
Fishing: Line 5
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 6
Rope (plastic/nylon) 33
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 78
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 9

Most of it was the usual stuff other than the huge plastic sheet. The typhoon revealed many rocky areas I had never seen before...shifting sands to cover this, but uncover that. That was a large beach umbrella embedded in sand that had been partially uncovered, but I was unable to remove it.

Huge plastic sheeting

plastic

old fishing nets and ropes


As i exited the water there was a group of people in purple vests wondering around the beach. As i discovered later, they are volunteers for a Marine Debris monitoring agency! I was VERY happy to see others on that beach taking care of the environment!

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