ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop
4 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- William Henderson
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 21 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
- 4 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
- Weather Conditions
-
Fairly clear and calm for the most part. No rain. The past few days had 1 meter or higher waves.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 41 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 | |
|---|---|
| Balls | 2 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 65 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 75 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 15 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
Additional Information
Not aware of any specific event. There seemed to be alot more pipes and tubes of various sorts than I have seen here before. Waves over the past 2 months have been rather rough and there has been quite a bit of beach erosion.
Not sure what that was. Seemed like it was once a fan, but the plastic shell seemed too heavy for that.
ropes
nets
pipes
Comments and Feedback
This was the first survey for the 2017 year. Apologies to AWARE and DAD for no reports in January or February. Rough surf conditions made it impossible to survey at this rather shallow dive site. Looking forward to many more surveys for 2017.
On a side note, the beach itself was rather clean compared to its normal condition in the 0ff-season months. I was pleasantly surprised. Beside the parking area were close to 50 trash bags of beach debris that had been collected :)
