EstuaryWatch Data Portal

Mouth has been opening and closing all through March. Higher spring tides let water into the creek which clears the mouth somewhat. Then neap tides allow the sand to build up again.

No flow at low tide but at higher tide levels still some inflow and outflow

Mouth of the creek was broken out (unauthorised) on 20/5/23

Water level was 1.75m

Creek mouth closed 20/03/2023

Creek mouth blocked on overnight high tide on 4/5 Feb.

Berm measurements are an estimate only as large quantities of seagrass cover it.

Creek blocked 31/05/22. W/L=1.2m

31/5 - 5/6 High tides and creek washed over top of berm W/L=1.55m

6/6 Berm breached after 40mm rain in recent days/

Creek mouth closed on 30/08/2021. Water height in creek 1.05m.

Mouth reopened overnight 3/4 September after 40mm of rain in 24 hours.

Berm overtopped by high spring tides over the past few days. Raised the creek level by about 0.15m.

Mouth of the creek closed on O/N high tide of 25/26 Feb ant a height of 0.7m AHD. High tides have since been overtopping the berm

Creek mouth opened 2/5/20 after heavy rains. Berm height at breakout approx 2.1m AHD.

40mm rain past 3 days.  Creek risen 30cm over past 2 days

Mouth closed over 22/11/2019 with creek at 0.82m. Very high tides over the past few days have seen the berm overtopped raising level to 1.40m.

21/6/19 Creek broke out after a bit of shovelwork. Berm=2.1m AHD; Creek=2.01m

29/6/19 Creek closes. Creek = 0.7m AHD. High tide washes over berm

1/7/19 Creek opens O/N after rain. Creek height pm on 30/6 = 1.0m AHD

Creek mouth closed 11 April 2019 on 3.0m 0344 overnight high tide.

Mouth almost blocked - very slow flow out and no inflow at high tide.

Significant amounts of seagrass in the estuary.

Creek opened 15/12/18. Initiated by unauthorised shovelwork at mouth. Very powerful H2S odour throughout Somers. Affected exposed copper and brass plumbing.

Waves washing over berm at high tide

Mouth closed 11 Oct.

18 Oct - 22 Oct there was some outflow over the berm following rain but no channel formed.

29/30 Oct Some inflow on a 3.13m high tide then mouth closed. Small fish kill.

31 Oct - 4 Nov Some overtopping of berm at the peak of the tide.

Creek mouth opened overnight 28/29 Sep. Height 1.55m. Very little scouring.

Berm opened overnight on 9-10 July. Creek height was 1.96m at 1800 on 9/7. Had been rising at about 10cm/day after rain

High tide overtopped the berm pm of 3 May. Slight inflow for about 1.5 hours

Creek blocked up overnight. Previously blocked 22/3/18 but high tide unblocked it 23/3/18.

At high tide at 11:26 waves were overlapping the nascent berm but there was minimal inflow.

Neap tides so "high" tide not high enough for any inflow against the last of the runoff from 60 mm of rain over past 3 days.

Creek mouth has been opening & closing almost daily over the past week. The nascent berm was breached by the overnight high tide.

Attached additional photo of the mouth showing it deflected to the east by the build up of sand from the west across the usual mouth.

Creek mouth opened 19/-7/2017

Creek closed 23/06/2017

Creek broke through berm 01/06/2017. Neap tides have meant there has been little or no inflow at high tide. Creek water is inky black and smells very strongly of H2S.

Waves overtopping berm at high tide

Installation of baffles completed 29/03/2017

Heights are estimates as gauge was covered with seagrass.