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Estuary event details
Estuary Barham River Estuary
Region Corangamite CMA
Event type Weather Event
Date and time 9 July 2011 17:18pm
Description After 09.00 there was 20 hours of very rough seas and fresh to strong SW to W winds. Barometer was 1015 and my highest recording for the tide in the harbour was 0.84mAHD at 17.15. There was no rain. The estuary staff read 1.44m at 17.18. To me the Westerly swells seemed huge but also close together. The net effect was to raise the estuary water level considerably higher than the high tide level. Damage caused by the sea conditions was on the Apollo Bay foreshore.
BmP1 at 16.30: Swell approaching river mouth
Swell approaching river mouth
BmP1 at 16.41: Swell entering river mouth
Swell entering river mouth
Apollo Bay foreshore at 10.50 on the 10th: The Very rough westerly swells had done well over $100,000 damage to the walking track and infrastructure on the Apollo Bay foreshore.
The Very rough westerly swells had done well over $100,000 damage to the walking track and infrastructure on the Apollo Bay foreshore.
Swell approaching river mouth
Swell entering river mouth
The Very rough westerly swells had done well over $100,000 damage to the walking track and infrastructure on the Apollo Bay foreshore.
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