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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop

2 August, 2017

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
18 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
2 August, 2017
Survey Duration
41 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
Weather Conditions
Occasional rain showers.
Survey Depth Range
1–7 meters
Area Surveyed
22 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 5
Bait Containers, Packaging 3
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Cigarette Lighters 3
Fishing: Line 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 5
Plastic Fragments 77
Strapping Bands (plastic) 4
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Metal Fragments 38
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 4
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Gloves (cloth) 10
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 24
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Toys 1
other materials collected
eye glasses (plastic) 1
wax candle 1
garden hose (section) 1

This was an area a bit farther north of the outcrop that i usually go because of fishermen on the rocks above. Today I found a new debris field there and most of what was collected was found in that very small alley between the rocks. See the following video for a sample of the area: https://youtu.be/KXQ4geSsYdM

umbrella handle

cans/plastic bottles

cloth gloves


There was one piece of large clothing I intended to remove. However when disturbing it found it to be covered (infested may be a better word) with something i can only describe as " sea roaches". I hate bugs of ANY sort and seeing it covered with hundreds of fast moving creppy bugs...well, i just couldn't bring myself to handle it and stuff it in my bag. It seemed fairly recent so maybe in a few weeks the "bugs" will have finished with what they are doing and I can remove it. :)

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