EstuaryWatch Data Portal

Rained for 24 hour period prior

StP3 Beaufort 2

Lots of sediment in water under bridge. Sand on beach washed away with ledge on shore. StP2 wind NW and beaufort scale 6.

Piles of gravel dropped in car park workzone.

Water levels been cleaned and recalibrated on 1/10/2019

Teddies Top Look Out beaufort scale 4 East wind

sand bank sloped with sand washed away

work zone in carpark has gone

Sand slope is steeper than normal with sand washed away.

Car park remains a work zone.

Teddy's Lookouts E wind & Beaufort Scale 3.

Lots of large clumped seaweed on beach.
Building site in carpark.
StP2 & StP3 NW wind and beaufort scale 2

Training Event, sand is sloping more steeply than usual, excavators in public carpark, wind at Teddy's Lookout NW Beaufort Scale = 4

River now entering sea on north side of estuary.

Wind at Teddys N scale 2.

River splits into two streams on ocean side of bridge for a short distance. Wind at Teddys WNW scale 4.

River full to overflowing banks spilling slowly in small stream sometimes spread out over sand. Wind at Teddys is S,scale3.

Estuary appears closed in that no flow appears to be entering from river.River filled up to top of banks and beyond in some spots.Clumps of seaweed washed up river beyond bridge.Wind at Teddys S/W scale 5.

River has very little flow. Only just reaching the sea  in trickles.

River has no defined pathway in lower part of estuary. It is spread out with a few trickling places.

Wind at Teddys is SSE scale 3.

River's path through sand now on north side of estuary.

Wind at Teddys lookout SSE scale 4.

Very little flow coming down river.

Wind at Teddys lookout S, scale 4

Large deposits of seaweed in estuary.River's path through sand almost blocked half way between mouth and GOR bridge. Minimum flow coming down river. Wind at Teddys, E.

River's path through sand not well defined. Little flow coming downstream.

Wind direction at Teddys lookout S/E scale 4.

Wind at Teddys lookout N/W, scale 3.

Wind direction at Teddys lookout S, scale 4.

Sand has been deposited further up the estuary towards bridge and beyond.

Wind at Teddys lookout S gusting scale 4 to 5.

More sand banking up upstream of bridge than ever before.

Wind at Teddy's lookout gusting N/W to force 4.Wind at Lower Lookout W, gusting to force 4.

River's path through sand now closer to N/E side of estuary.

Vegetation grown to obscure view at StP2_1

Estuary almost closed.Hardly any water reaching the sea 33 minutes after low tide. Water dammed up in northern part of estuary. Estuary fills at high tide. Wind at Teddys lookout S, scale 4.

Extra photographs taken to show damming of water and minimal flow to sea.

River course through sand is closer to N/Wpart of estuary (ie closer to Great Ocean Road. Wind at Teddys Lookout S gusting to scale 5.

River mostly very shallow through sand from mouth up to bridge.

Wind at Teddys - S.

Lower lookout:

love heart gone,bush has grown.

Lots of sand shifted out. River is very shallow and in 2 streams out to sea.

Fair bit of seaweed in estuary.

Sand carved out on western edge of estuary.Wind in light gusts.

Wind at Teddys lookout N/W scale 4.

Gentle northerly breeze scale 2 at Teddy's.

Wind gusting from south west at scale 4 at lower lookout.

Lot's of people at both lookouts.

Heavy seas last week and at weekend shifted a lot of sand from S/W corner of estuary.

Wind direction at Teddy's lookout S scale 4.

Sea surging right up estuary further upstream than the bridge,

River path moved to north side of estuary.

Wind at Teddys, N/W

New steps installed between Teddys lookout and lower lookout.

Water fills whole estuary at high tide.Path of river moving towards south side of estuary.Rocks on north side becoming exposed.

Dead pelican on beach.Unusual?

Graffiti at Teddys lookout.

4 photos taken at high tide from car park.

Due to rain events course of river through sand has moved closer to northern side of estuary.

Teddys wind direction E.

Seaweed deposits on beach.

River has changed course through sand after 120mm + rainfall on 21st March.

Mouth very shallow,very little flow. South west corner and deeper areas in northern corner,

Estuary water closest to road is deep and is dark in colour(tannin ?).River flowing against southern edge of estuary.

Wind at Teddy's South scale 5

River cut in against southern bank.Many white cockatoos about. More rubbish than usual on beach and car park,

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• 5 unrestrained dogs on the beach-dog droppings not picked up.
• Too dangerous to try and read depth gauge because grass from end of bridge to edge of river is more than waist high.
• Large rubber tyre floating in the river.

Both gauges out of the water and unreadable.

River bed deep and flow quite swift