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ADS 126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky Outcrop

1 June, 2024

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
10 kgs (estimated)

36.136089, 129.398324

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS 126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky Outcrop
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Against Debris Korea (Daegu)
City
Pohang
Country
South Korea
Date
1 June, 2024
Survey Duration
66 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136089
Longitude: 129.398324
Weather Conditions
Normal.
Survey Depth Range
1–5 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Balls 2
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 29
Rope (plastic/nylon) 6
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Pipes & Rebar 8
Metal Fragments 4
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 2
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Cloth Fragments 14
other materials collected
cell phone 1
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name Unknown Fish
Number Entangled 2
Status dead
Type of Debris Fishing line/hooks
Comments They were pretty badly decomposed to identify

Phone. It was so tiny I'm not sure if it was real, but the decroded battery on the back seemed to indicate it was one a functioning phone

ropes


Not really much trash to find despite doing farther north than usual. Full video of the dive here: https://youtu.be/C-eF59tAW7U

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