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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop

24 August, 2019

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
9 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
24 August, 2019
Survey Duration
65 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
Weather Conditions
Typhoon passed through Japan a week ago causing 3.5 meter waves on the eastern shores of Korea. Several other days were quite rainy.
Survey Depth Range
1–6 meters
Area Surveyed
105 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Bait Containers, Packaging 2
Balls 2
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Cigarette Lighters 1
Fishing: Line 11
Food Wrappers (plastic) 6
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 2
Plastic Fragments 26
Rope (plastic/nylon) 5
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Pipes & Rebar 2
Metal Fragments 6
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 11
mixed materials collected
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
other materials collected
Umbrella 1

burlap sacks


Then high waves from the last 2 typhoons that have passed through have caused an accumulation of sand offshore. Perhaps 0.5 meter of sand has been deposited.

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