EstuaryWatch Data Portal

01-02-2017 10:00 is the first observed river mouth closure since May 2016. Since that time there has been good rainfall but no flood events were the Barham River has broken its banks.

Good river flows have kept the river mouth open.

01-02-2017 at 11.15 the estuary height is 1.12m, the river mouth is closed and sea conditions are slight.

02-02-2017 at13.20 the estuary height is 1.20m, the river mouth is closed, sea conditions are slight and the berm clearance is 0.15m. This day at 12.45 the Paradise River Gauge is at o.18m. On the 17-01-2017 it was at 0.20m.

03-02-2017 at 10.15 the river mouth is open, sea conditions are smooth and the estuary height is 1.24m. The main contributing factor causing the river mouth closure was clearly the high predicted tides following the New Moon.