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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop

24 June, 2017

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
7 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 June, 2017
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
Weather Conditions
Surf had been rough for the last week or so. No significant other weather conditions.
Survey Depth Range
1–3.5 meters
Area Surveyed
6 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Cigarette Lighters 4
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Plastic Fragments 181
Strapping Bands (plastic) 5
metal materials collected
Caps & Lids (metal) 11
Metal Fragments 131
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 1
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 9
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Cloth Fragments 16
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 6
mixed materials collected
Toys 1
other materials collected
Charcoal 1
Candle 1

Most of this stuff were very small pieces of this or that wafting in the surge with some wood pulp and lots of broken marine plant life.

plastic strips

various small pieces of plastic


Most of this stuff were very small pieces of this or that wafting in the surge with some wood pulp and lots of broken marine plant life. I did notice several dead fish and crabs. I don't think they died in this trash area, but were there as the tides/current wash them in with this trash. Please see the following video for an example of the area I was working in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esQ4e1Ss-QM&feature=youtu.be

Most of the area around the pipes with so many tangled nets and ropes I have spoken about so often were so covered with plant life/seaweed I didn't even bother trying to work in that area. I stayed in the area shown in the video and literally barely moved more than a few meters any direction.

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