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ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky Outcrop

5 September, 2020

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
15 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
5 September, 2020
Survey Duration
65 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
Weather Conditions
Rainy. Typhoon passed through a few days earlier.
Survey Depth Range
1–4 meters
Area Surveyed
160 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 4
Fishing: Line 2
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Plastic Fragments 41
Rope (plastic/nylon) 6
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Pull Tabs-beverages 3
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 1
Rubber Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 2
Gloves (cloth) 2
Rope And String (cloth) 10
Cloth Fragments 9
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
other materials collected
Hose/water Line 3
face mask 1
boat anchor 1

the tide was low and the sands seem to have shifted. I came upon a huge area of net/rope mass that measures approv. 10 meters across that I have never seen before.

boat anchor


Video of the complete dive here - https://youtu.be/RPZ-v0dHATM

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