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ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky Outcrop

1 January, 2023

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

36.136089, 129.398324

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 January, 2023
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136089
Longitude: 129.398324
Weather Conditions
Clear.
Survey Depth Range
1–5 meters
Area Surveyed
150 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Balls 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 9
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 6
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 7
Cigarette Lighters 3
Fishing: Line 6
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 3
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 12
Gloves (latex) 27
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Plastic Fragments 161
Rope (plastic/nylon) 9
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 5
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Metal Fragments 9
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 6
Rubber Bands 1
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 37
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Cloth Fragments 16
mixed materials collected
Clothing 3
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2

Nemo toy

cloth gloves

food service plastic gloves

random plastic


Most of this trash was found in the same area where I was finding large amounts of trash settled in open water away from boulders yet settled in one particular area on the bottom earlier this year. I could have removed much more but I was cold even in the dry suit and had to head back in. Video of the entire dive is here:

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