EstuaryWatch Data Portal

On the 30/03/2017 at 11.35 the river mouth is closed and the estuary height is 1.57m. A strong West wind and rough seas. The berm clearance is 0.2m.

For the next 3 days the seas remain moderate to rough and there is a large inflow of seawater into the estuary at high tide.

 High tides contributed to the closing of the river mouth and the inflow of seawater into the estuary. My tide readings were:  31/03/2017 at 15.20 harbour reading 1.06mAHD [2.0mCD].  02/04/2017 at 15.30 the harbour tide was 0.96mAHD [1.90mCD] and at 16.00 the tide reading was 1.06mAHD [2.0mCD] and at that time some waves are just crossing the berm at the river mouth and the estuary height is 1.967mAHD.

On 03/04//2017 at 09.20 the estuary height is 1.979m and the berm clearance is approximately 0.2m. At 17.50 there has been a failed attempt at artificially opening the river mouth.The moderate seas and high tide was sufficiently strong to sand up the artificial opening. At 18.00 the estuary height is 1.98m.

On 04/04/2017 at 08.10 the estuary height is 1.982m. At 13.10 the river mouth is closed.

On 05/04/2017 the river mouth has been successfully artificially opened.