Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky Outcrop
1 January, 2023
- Team Leader
- William Henderson
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
36.136089, 129.398324
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky Outcrop
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Against Debris Korea (Daegu)
- City
- Pohang
- Country
- South Korea
- Date
- 1 January, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.136089
Longitude: 129.398324
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 150 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 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 7 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 12 |
| Gloves (latex) | 27 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 161 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 9 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 9 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 6 |
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 37 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 16 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
Additional Information
Nemo toy
cloth gloves
food service plastic gloves
random plastic
Comments and Feedback
Most of this trash was found in the same area where I was finding large amounts of trash settled in open water away from boulders yet settled in one particular area on the bottom earlier this year. I could have removed much more but I was cold even in the dry suit and had to head back in. Video of the entire dive is here:
