Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS 126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky Outcrop
29 September, 2023
- Team Leader
- William Henderson
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 kgs (estimated)
36.136089, 129.398324
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS 126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky Outcrop
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Against Debris Korea (Daegu)
- City
- Pohang
- Country
- South Korea
- Date
- 29 September, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 69 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.136089
Longitude: 129.398324
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 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-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Balls | 11 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 10 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 9 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 22 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 8 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Gloves (latex) | 36 |
| Plastic Fragments | 134 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 31 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 10 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 23 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 7 |
| Rubber Fragments | 9 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 5 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 42 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 61 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 4 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 5 |
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
It has been a month since I have bene able to dive this location due to passing typhoons and persistent high waves. I expected to find this much debris as it is typical after the end if the summer season.
toy
plastic food service gloves ( not latex)
cloth gloves
carious ropes/string/fishing line
Comments and Feedback
My GoPro battery did not charge properly, so the entire dive is not recorded as usual. Approx. 48 minutes of the dive from the beginning before the battery died is here: https://youtu.be/Qf2jenR0UEU
