Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop
8 August, 2016
- Team Leader
- William Henderson
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 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
- 8 August, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 44 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 0.5–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 840 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 29 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 7 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 2 |
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sunglasses | 1 |
| Electrical fixture | 1 |
Additional Information
The last week was the official " vacation" week here in Korea. 90% of the country takes vacation the same week, so I expected the area to be saturated with debris. However most of what I found was older and had been in the ocean for some time already.
Perfectly good pair of sunglasses
plastic
Comments and Feedback
My last 2 surveys at this ADS site have not been added to the world map of total debris collected. ( See survey from June 24th, and July 9th) even though days from my most recent survey was added within days. I'm working hard to break the 500 pieces collected milestone for ADS 126.
Water was very warm, and found some nice overhangs about 100 meters off shore. That particular area was clean, and pleasant to dive at.
