EstuaryWatch Observations

Spring Creek Estuary

180 results found (Displaying 101 - 180)

ID	Date	Status	Details
#9038	27 Jun 2014	Approved	Notes: Mouth artificially opened yesterday Sp1_20140627_1_140 Sp1_20140627_2_180 Sp1_20140627_3_220
#9036	15 Jun 2014	Approved	Notes: Berm length 30 metres from estuary mouth to swash limit. Black swan seen feeding near boardwalk Sp1_20140615_1_140 Sp1_20140615_2_180 Sp1_20140615_3_220
#8928	12 Jun 2014	Approved	Sp1_20140612_1_140 Sp1_20140612_2_140 Sp1_20140612_3_220
#8912	31 May 2014	Approved	Notes: Berm length was 44 m, no vertical readings were taken due to sole monitor Sp1_20140531_1_140 Sp1_20140531_2_180 Sp1_20140531_3_220
#8917	24 May 2014	Approved	Notes: Berm vertical measurement not taken as training a volunteer who will be undertaking on own. Horizontal reading from mouth to swash limit was 38m Sp1_20140524_1_140 Sp1_20140524_2_180 Sp1_20140524_3_220
#8918	1 May 2014	Approved	Sp1_20140501_1_140 Sp1_20140501_2_220 Sp1_20140501_3_220
#8930	5 Apr 2014	Approved	Sp1_20140405_1_140 Sp1_20140405_2_180 Sp1_20140405_3_220
#8911	27 Mar 2014	Approved	Notes: Unable to collect sea berm measurement due to one person recording. Lenght of berm was 109 metres from estuary mouth to swash limit Sp1_20140327_1_140 Sp1_20140327_2_180 Sp1_20140327_3_220
#8773	16 Feb 2014	Approved	Sp1_20140216_1_140 Sp1_20140216_2_180 Sp1_20140216_3_220
#8697	18 Jan 2014	Approved	Sp1_20140118_1_162 Sp1_20140118_2_202 Sp1_20140118_3_242
#8653	21 Dec 2013	Pending	Notes: *** No photos avaliable- volunteer unable to find them
#8637	13 Dec 2013	Approved	Sp1_20131213_1_162 Sp1_20131213_2_202 Sp1_20131213_3_242
#8595	9 Nov 2013	Approved	Sp1_20131109_1_162 Sp1_20131109_2_202 Sp1_20131109_3_242
#8542	19 Oct 2013	Approved	Sp1_20131019_1_162 Sp1_20131019_2_202 Sp1_20131019_3_242
#8482	7 Sep 2013	Approved	Sp1_20130907_1_162 Sp1_20130907_2_202 Sp1_20130907_3_242
#8453	10 Aug 2013	Approved
#8343	14 Jun 2013	Pending	Notes: * Estuary mouth opened- large eroded channel at berm. * Water flowing out of estuary with high velocity. * Lots of wetland bird species foraging in estuary. * Dead whitebait species visible on seaside of berm. boardwalk dead whitebait depth gauge estuary mouth channel estuary mouth channel 2 estuary mouth channel 3 estuary mouth channel 4 estuary mouth channel 5 estuary mouth channel 6 estuary mouth from boardwalk Sp1_20130614_1_162 Sp1_20130614_2_202 Sp1_20130614_3_242
#8330	7 Jun 2013	Approved
#8282	11 May 2013	Approved
#8250	29 Apr 2013	Approved	Notes: * Estuary mouth opened earlier at 14:05 and water level was 1.5m * Current water level is 1.52m which indicates seawater continued to flow into estuary as the tide reached its peak height (1.8m at 14:44). Sp1_20130429_1_162 Sp1_20130429_2_202 Sp1_20130429_3_242
#8249	29 Apr 2013	Pending	Notes: * estuary mouth opened! * constant inflow of seawater into estuary * SW swell 20130429_randompic_1 20130429_randompic_2 20130429_springcreek_boardwalk Sp1_20130429_1_162 Sp1_20130429_2_202 Sp1_20130429_3_242
#8267	13 Apr 2013	Approved
#8245	17 Mar 2013	Approved	Notes: * Heavy rainfall overnight (10-20mm) - Water level increased 1.38m -1.40m * Estuary mouth didn't open as expected ( past 2 days estuary mouth opened at a 1.6m tide) *Swell was smaller than past 2 days which seemed to prevent inflow of water into estuary. Sp1_20130317_1_162 Sp1_20130317_2_202 Sp1_20130317_3_242
#8246	16 Mar 2013	Approved	Notes: * Estuary opened at 16:00 and currently closed with the outgoing tide. * 10-15mm rainfall earlier during day *S-SW swel Sp1_20130316_1_162 Sp1_20130316_2_202 Sp1_20130316_3_242
#8247	16 Mar 2013	Pending	Notes: * Frequent inflow of seawater entering estuary, caused by wave surges. * Torquay received 5-10mm rainfall today (16/3/2013) * S-SW swell 20130316_boardwalk Sp1_20130316_1_162 Sp1_20130316_2_202 Sp1_20130316_3_242
#8248	15 Mar 2013	Approved	Notes: * Estuary mouth opened!! * High tide 15:43, observation time 16:10 with seawater still flowing in. * Berm height looks very flat due to estuary opening/water inflow * Lots of seaweed accumulated at estuary mouth * Lots of foam/froth accumulated on water surface at estuary mouth 20130315_boardwalk_1 20130315_boardwalk_2 20130315_oppositephotopoint Sp1_20130315_1_162 Sp1_20130315_2_202 Sp1_20130315_3_242
#8115	9 Mar 2013	Approved	Sp1_20130309_1_140 Sp1_20130309_2_180 Sp1_20130309_3_220
#8097	28 Feb 2013	Approved	Notes: Heavy rainfall overnight (27/2/2013) Sp1_20130228_1_162 Sp1_20130228_2_202 Sp1_20130228_3_242
#8159	22 Feb 2013	Approved	Notes: Sea side berm height looks quite high and steep. River side water height at estuary mouth looks considerably lower compared to my previous estuary mouth observation (12/02/2013). Water height has receded >10m away from last berm measurement point. Sp1_20130222_1_162 Sp1_20130222_2_202 Sp1_20130222_3_242
#8160	12 Feb 2013	Approved	Sp1_20130212_1_162 Sp1_20130212_2_202 Sp1_20130212_3_242
#8633	9 Feb 2013	Approved
#8161	4 Feb 2013	Approved	Notes: * Water level increased 1cm (on height indicator) since last observation (29/01/2013)- Torquay recieved 20mm rainfall between last observation and current observation Sp1_20130204_1_162 Sp1_20130204_2_202 Sp1_20130204_3_242
#8038	29 Jan 2013	Approved	Sp1_20130129_1_162 Sp1_20130129_2_202 Sp1_20130129_3_242
#8037	26 Jan 2013	Approved	Sp1_20130126_1_162 Sp1_20130126_2_202 Sp1_20130126_3_242
#8004	12 Jan 2013	Approved	Sp1_20130112_1_162 Sp1_20130112_2_202 Sp1_20130112_3_242
#7925	18 Nov 2012	Approved	Sp1_20121118_1_140 Sp1_20121118_2_180 Sp1_20121118_3_220
#7749	9 Sep 2012	Approved	Sp1_20120909_1_140 Sp1_20120909_2_180 Sp1_20120909_3_220
#7187	31 May 2012	Pending
#7177	21 May 2012	Approved
#7049	15 Apr 2012	Approved	Shot 1 Shot 2 Shot 3
#6581	15 Jan 2012	Pending
#6324	3 Nov 2011	Approved	Sp1_20111103_140 Sp1_20111103_180 Sp1_20111103_220
#5884	20 Jul 2011	Approved
#5741	28 Jun 2011	Approved	Sp1_110628_1_140.JPEG Sp1_110628_2_180.JPEG Sp1_110628_3_220.JPEG
#5462	30 Apr 2011	Approved	Notes: Tide times: Port Phillip Heads No measuring pole at site for Berm measurements
#5370	4 Apr 2011	Approved	Sp.110404.1 Sp.110404.2 Sp.110404.3
#5081	3 Feb 2011	Approved
#4922	5 Jan 2011	Approved
#2901	9 Dec 2009	Approved	SpP1.1091209 SpP1.2091209 SpP1.3091209
#2773	2 Nov 2009	Approved	SpP1.1 091102 SpP1.2 091102 SpP1.3 091102 SpP1.4 091102
#2718	18 Oct 2009	Approved	Notes: Dead Albatross on beach SpP1.1 091018 SpP1.2 091018 SpP1.3 091018 SpP1.4 091018
#2724	18 Oct 2009	Approved	Notes: dead albatross? lying on beach
#2717	5 Oct 2009	Approved	SpP1.1 091005 SpP1.2 091005 SpP1.3 091005 SpP1.4 091005
#2719	5 Oct 2009	Approved
#4484	4 Oct 2009	Approved
#2774	18 Sep 2009	Approved	SpP09/09/18.1 SpP09/09/18.2 SpP09/09/18.3 SpP09/09/18.4
#2681	7 Sep 2009	Approved	SpP090907.1 SpP090907.2 SpP090907.3 SpP090907.4
#2716	7 Sep 2009	Approved	SpP1.1 090907
#2301	8 Aug 2009	Approved	Notes: This is the first time in two years that there has been a regular flow out to sea.
#2468	23 May 2009	Approved
#2054	2 May 2009	Approved
#1743	14 Mar 2009	Approved	Notes: recent heavy rain event, wedding on beach
#1709	7 Jan 2009	Approved
#1341	6 Dec 2008	Approved	Photopoint Photopoint Photopoint Photopoint Photopoint
#1241	9 Nov 2008	Approved
#1708	20 Oct 2008	Approved
#959	12 Sep 2008	Approved	Notes: Rhys from CCMA observed a person attempting to artificially open the estuary 'to let fish in' a couple of weeks before this testing.
#801	3 Aug 2008	Approved
#781	5 Jul 2008	Approved
#411	12 Apr 2008	Approved	Notes: Person i talked to said that the high tide had perched the berm in the very resent past...
#349	5 Apr 2008	Approved
#244	1 Mar 2008	Approved
#185	3 Feb 2008	Approved
#825	5 Jan 2008	Approved
#202	5 Nov 2007	Approved	Notes: After heavy storm event
#16	6 Oct 2007	Approved	Notes: Water level in estuary is very high. Evidence that high tide may break through mouth and open to sea.
#15	2 Sep 2007	Approved
#12	4 Aug 2007	Approved	Notes: We started at the photopoint hour after low tide (not high tide). Creek was flowing out as a trickle. We could see the edge of wet sand around the mouth where the previous high tide had come up into the mouth of the creek i.e. the berm was not high enough to keep it out. Merged Photos
#13	8 Jul 2007	Approved	Notes: Heavy rain night before. Bare earth around new path may have washed into creek with rain (path @..)
#14	24 Jun 2007	Approved	Notes: Estuary mouth opened on Sat 23 June for the first time in about one year.