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ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop

8 October, 2017

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
3 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
8 October, 2017
Survey Duration
26 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
Weather Conditions
Clear mostly, but the sea had been rather rough with over 1 meter waves for the last week. Today was still a bit rough
Survey Depth Range
1–7 meters
Area Surveyed
11 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Cigarette Lighters 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 1
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 6
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 21
Rope (plastic/nylon) 17
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Metal Fragments 3
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 12
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1

ropes


Most of this stuff came from the new debris field a found some week ago on the northern end of the outcrop. Visibility was terrible...I cut the dive short.

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