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ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop

16 November, 2019

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
23 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
16 November, 2019
Survey Duration
39 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
Weather Conditions
Mostly clear. Somewhat high surf conditions
Survey Depth Range
2–6 meters
Area Surveyed
170 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Balls 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 12
Fishing: Line 9
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 23
Gloves (latex) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 6
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 4
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 2
Rope And String (cloth) 16
Towels/rags 5
Cloth Fragments 9

Ropes

Nets


All of the cloth ropes/nets/rags came from the same huge mass of similar materials I have mentioned and have video of before. I had air and energy to cut more free, but its just too heavy to swim back 200 meters to the entry point with more than what I brought back.

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