23-03-2011

Estuary event details

Estuary	Barham River Estuary
Region	Corangamite CMA
Event type	Weather Event
Date and time	23 March 2011 15:12pm
Description	This summer season there has been no Barham River river mouth closures. However there has been high tide and swell events bringing a large inflow of sand into the river mouth. The highest estuary water level I have observed since August 2010 has occurred with the large swell of this weather event. At 14.48 the tide level in the harbour was 1.28mAHD. At 15.12 the Estuary water level was 1.34mAHD. The high tide receded and the river mouth was open. At 21.10 the Estuary water level was 1.18mAHD and the following morning it was 0.82mAHD. Winds light.

15.04 the sea is filling the estuary with water and sand.

Enlargement of surfer on wave at 15.00.

BmP1 Sea swell: The black dot on the right hand side of the breaking wave is an adult male surfer. He gives an indication of the scale of the wave. The next photo is an enlargement of the surfer.

The black dot on the right hand side of the breaking wave is an adult male surfer. He gives an indication of the scale of the wave. The next photo is an enlargement of the surfer.