EstuaryWatch Data Portal

On 15/03/2017 at 09:00 the Barham river mouth is closed and the estuary height is1.03m AHD. Seas are slight and there is a fresh Northerly.

On 19/03/2017 at 11:45 the estuary height is 1.295m AHD ,the river mouth is closed with a berm clearance of 0.18m. The Paradise river gauge is at 0.17m AHD, the lowest I've seen it this season.

On 21/03/2017 at 17:45 the estuary height is 1.48m AHD, the river mouth is closed the sea is rough and the SE wind is fresh. There has been significant rain, 32mm at Marengo by 14.10 and another 12mm by 06.00. However the river flow is still only moderate, the runoff into the river has been low.

On 22/03/2017 at 08:45 the river mouth is open, the seas are moderate and the wind is a fresh SE. The estuary height is 1.0m AHD. There has been another 20mm of rain overnight [64mm in 24hours] and the Paradise river gauge is at 0.52m AHD. The river flow likely peaked at 0.55m AHD and sediment is moderate in the strong flow.

By 15:30 on the 22nd the strong river flow has scoured out sand inside the river mouth and the estuary height is below 0.5m AHD. At or near the minimum height achievable  with the rock shelf inside the river mouth.