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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky Outcrop

27 July, 2022

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
20 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
United States
Date
27 July, 2022
Survey Duration
85 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
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
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Balls 14
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 6
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Cigarette Lighters 2
Fishing: Line 12
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 9
Gloves (latex) 10
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 139
Rope (plastic/nylon) 19
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 7
Pipes & Rebar 3
Strapping Bands (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 10
Metal Fragments 28
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 14
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 3
Rubber Bands 1
Rubber Fragments 23
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 2
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 4
Rope And String (cloth) 39
Cloth Fragments 8
mixed materials collected
Clothing 3
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
boat paddle 1
tent 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Common Crab
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris Fishing line/nylon line/rope
Comments Crab was entangled in a mass of various types of line and rope

Summer season and more people visiting the beach

boat paddle

plastic fragments


Video of most of the dive (camera battery died around 8 minutes before the dive ended) is here: https://youtu.be/sfHLoBMBjC4

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