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Tide heights - Thirteenth Beach Tide Heights

Water level to low to get gaugeboard reading

Water level breakout height roughly 2.07m AHD for eastern tributary

The creek is separated into two sections by a sand berm that separates the creeks east and western tributaries.

Line of sight can not be obtained with the horizon to measure the sand berm height.

Two Nankeen Night Herons in estuary

Given the location of the water within Wreck Creek, a clear line of sight with the horizon was not possible. Given this the estimated berm height was around 85cm.

Sand berm height to difficult to measure given the location of the estuarine's water. 

Sand berm to hard to measure due to debris build up and location (i.e. unable to line up horizon with sand berm).

Sand berm height to difficult to measure as a result of tea tree debris and channel location.

Estuary mouth opened naturally at around lunch time

Due to the location of the estuary behind the trees and debris the horizon could not be sighted to get a height of the sand berm above the estuary. My prediction is that it is currently 10 to 15cm above the estuary height.

Large swell and tide pushing allot of water into the estuary.

Kilcunda tide times used.

Kilcunda tides used

Tide times Kilcunda

Kilcunda tide times used.

Kilcunda tide times used

77mm of rainfall Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd of December @ Pound Creek

Mouth opened after 55mm of rain over the previous few hours

Tide times Kilcunda used

Tide times: Kilcunda (Willyweather)

Estuary Mouth Opened at 9:15am

Ocean water pushing into Estuary

Estuary artificially opened @ 2:30pm on the 26th of April 2017 (i.e the previous day).

Estuary artificially opened at 2:30pm, following this observation. Refer to events section for more information.

Berm height above estuary can not be determined as a clear line of sight with the horizon can not be obtained at the edge of estuarine water (trees in way).

The sand berm height was measured in Feb 2017, with the height of the point in the estuary waters flow path being 2.10m AHD. This height is likely to have changed since Feb, though it would be safe to say that the berm is 50cm above the estuary water level at present.