EstuaryWatch Data Portal

04/03/2018 at 18.00 the River mouth is closed, the sea is smooth and the estuary water height is 1.04m. The river flow is very low, below 0.15 at the Paradise river gauge. The high tide and low river flow appear to be the main contributors to the river mouth closure.

13/03/2018 at 11.30 the estuary water height has reached 1.26m.

The 19th, 20th and  21st of March seas are rough.

22/03/12018 at 08.15 the estuary height is 1.64 and the berm clearance is just under 0.2m. At 1.6m the estuary water starts to spread out into the backwater.

23/03/2018 at 09.00 the estuary height is 1.642m. The overnight high tide had covered an approved attempt at an artificial opening. The berm clearance is 0.23m.

23/03/2018 at 10.00 An approved artificial opening is being dug out again to protect a couple of camp sites which were not needed or used on the weekend.

23/03/2018 at 03.15 the river mouth is open and the estuary height is 1.32m.The artificial river mouth openings are being approved at lower and lower estuary water heights.