Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop
24 August, 2019
- Team Leader
- William Henderson
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 9 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
- 24 August, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
- Weather Conditions
-
Typhoon passed through Japan a week ago causing 3.5 meter waves on the eastern shores of Korea. Several other days were quite rainy.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 105 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Balls | 2 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 11 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 6 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 26 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 11 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Umbrella | 1 |
Additional Information
burlap sacks
Comments and Feedback
Then high waves from the last 2 typhoons that have passed through have caused an accumulation of sand offshore. Perhaps 0.5 meter of sand has been deposited.
