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Estuary event details
Estuary Barham River Estuary
Region Corangamite CMA
Event type Estuary Entrance Opening
Date and time 6 March 2013 08:30am
Description 10/02/2013 there are rough sea conditions and the river mouth has closed. The estuary level is 0.98mAHD and the berm clearance is 0.5m.
The river mouth was to stay closed for 23 days. The last observation with it closed was 1400 hrs 05/03/2013. The estuary level was 1.485mAHD; the sea was smooth and the river flow was very low. Berm clearance was 0.1m.
8.30 hrs on 06/03/2013 the river mouth was open and the estuary level was 0.88m. An artificial opening by the Public was likely.
In the time the river mouth was closed there was consistently low river flow and few instances of swell crossing the berm.
The Colac Herald reported there were many dead fish in the estuary on Sunday 24/02/2013. I have been unable to confirm the accuracy of this report. The estuary height was 1.415mAHD on this date.
BmP3 04/03/2013: Estuary photo
Estuary photo
BmP3 11.30 04/03/2013: The berm has minimal clearance. There was evidence that someone had attempted a river mouth opening but had been foiled by the high tide. The estuary lost 0.01m AHD of height.
The berm has minimal clearance. There was evidence that someone had attempted a river mouth opening but had been foiled by the high tide. The estuary lost 0.01m AHD of height.
Estuary photo
The berm has minimal clearance. There was evidence that someone had attempted a river mouth opening but had been foiled by the high tide. The estuary lost 0.01m AHD of height.
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