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ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop

11 February, 2021

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
11 February, 2021
Survey Duration
53 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
Weather Conditions
Clear, but rough seas mostly
Survey Depth Range
1–5 meters
Area Surveyed
110 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Balls 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 5
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Gloves (latex) 3
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 66
Strapping Bands (plastic) 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Pipes & Rebar 2
SCUBA Weights 5
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Metal Fragments 4
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 9
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 7
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
scuba weight belt 1

Quite a lot of shredded plastic.

scuba weight belt with 10kg of weight

plastic strips

discarded clothing


Video of the complete dive can be found here: https://youtu.be/dI7eivBBqVA

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