23-03-2019

Estuary event details

Estuary	Barham River Estuary
Region	Corangamite CMA
Event type	Estuary Entrance Opening
Date and time	23 March 2019 08:45am
Description	14/03/2019 at 16.30 the Barham river mouth is closed. Seas are slight and the estuary height is 1.51m. The closure would have happened 4 to 6 days prior to this date. 15/03/2019 the estuary height is 1.55m and the berm clearance is 0.25m. 20/03/2019 at noon the estuary height is 1.64m. 22/03/2019 at 14.30 the estuary height is 1.92m. Seas are slight and it is a light E wind. At 17.50 the estuary height is 1.935m and there is an artificial opening but at this time it is not working, there is no flow out. Berm clearance is less than 0.1m. Reports of greater rainfall totals in the hills than on the coast. 23/03/2019, the river mouth is open into slight seas and a fresh N wind. The estuary height is 0.7m. Photos taken when the Estuary height is 1.935m.