Powlett River Estuary

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ID Date Status Details
#12289 23 Jul 2018 Approved Notes:

Water flowing out left and right hand side of the mouth.

#12264 18 Jul 2018 Approved
#12249 9 Jul 2018 Approved Notes:

Estuary mouth closed as a result of large swells and tides over the weekend.

#12210 20 Jun 2018 Approved
#12211 19 Jun 2018 Approved
#12185 18 Jun 2018 Approved Notes:

At 2.30m AHD the mouth of powlett road is still not covered by water whereas the parks victoria road along the caravan park is 1/3 covered by water.

#12143 13 Jun 2018 Approved
#12092 25 May 2018 Approved
#11989 23 Apr 2018 Approved
#11988 12 Apr 2018 Approved
#11936 4 Apr 2018 Approved Notes:

Water flowing out to the left and right of the rock shelf, with the majority of the flow heading out to the left.

#11937 22 Mar 2018 Approved
#11837 21 Feb 2018 Approved
#11775 7 Feb 2018 Approved Notes:

Mouth still open on the right-hand side.

#11751 23 Jan 2018 Approved
#11631 5 Dec 2017 Approved
#11548 14 Jul 2017 Approved Notes:

Opening has widened and deepened. Rock ledge visible at mouth.

#11327 10 Jul 2017 Approved Notes:

Channel present between river and ocean - appears deep

Apologies some of the photo point photos are not angled correctly - difficult to see

#11574 8 Jul 2017 Approved Notes:

1 day after artificial opening. Whale sighted.

#11549 7 Jul 2017 Approved Notes:

Opening occurring on the high tide at 10:55am 

#11575 6 Jul 2017 Approved Notes:

45 minutes after high tide very close to naturally opening.

#11520 27 Jun 2017 Approved
#11226 31 May 2017 Approved Notes:

Not much ocean water entered the estuary on high tide as a result of the increased berm height (resulting from recent spring tides and moderate swells).

#11220 29 May 2017 Approved
#11197 23 May 2017 Approved
#11130 1 May 2017 Approved
#11291 12 Apr 2017 Approved Notes:

Seaweed on the berm - pushed into the river at last high tide.

#11103 10 Apr 2017 Approved Notes:

Seawater appears to have made its way over the sand berm on the previous high tide as sand berm was still wet at the time of monitoring.

#11028 30 Mar 2017 Approved
#11026 29 Mar 2017 Approved Notes:

Mouth closed on this day.

#11288 17 Feb 2017 Approved
#10626 10 Dec 2016 Approved Notes:

Mouth still open on the left and right hand sides.

#5489 29 Jul 2016 Approved
#5481 22 Jun 2016 Approved
#5480 17 Jun 2016 Approved
#5479 15 Jun 2016 Approved
#5478 14 Jun 2016 Approved Notes: Artificial opening conducted at 4:15pm
#5477 14 Jun 2016 Approved Notes: Water covering tea tree carpark and entrance road.
#5476 8 Jun 2016 Approved
#5486 30 May 2016 Approved
#5452 27 May 2016 Approved Notes: Pile of sand left from recent attempt at Estuary opening was clearly visible between the river and the sea.
#5485 24 May 2016 Approved Notes: Water washing over sand berm
#10573 13 May 2016 Approved
#5449 6 May 2016 Approved Notes:

Recent rain have helped raise the water in the estuary significantly.

Strong winds and large swell in the last week seem to have increased the height of the berm.

#5487 2 May 2016 Approved
#5447 23 Apr 2016 Approved
#5445 20 Apr 2016 Approved Notes: Sand berm measured
#5442 26 Mar 2016 Approved
#5440 14 Jan 2016 Approved
#5419 11 Dec 2015 Approved
#5352 18 Jul 2015 Approved Notes: Open, Very wide opening.
River beginning to meander more at the mouth.
Old berm level 1.5 metres drop to flowing water
#5346 15 Jul 2015 Approved
#5349 13 Jul 2015 Approved
#5355 6 Jul 2015 Approved
#5345 4 Jul 2015 Approved
#5348 3 Jul 2015 Approved
#5350 3 Jul 2015 Approved Notes: Estuary being artifically opened
#5347 2 Jul 2015 Approved
#5330 29 Jun 2015 Approved
#5332 22 Jun 2015 Approved
#5331 11 Jun 2015 Approved Notes: Ocean water appears to have recently flowed over the berm.
#5316 29 May 2015 Approved
#5315 21 May 2015 Approved Notes: Evidence of attempted estuary opening
#5310 16 May 2015 Approved Notes: Water level has risen 0.33 metre in one week after significant rain.
#5312 14 May 2015 Approved Notes: Farm flooding become more extensive
#5308 9 May 2015 Approved
#5329 7 May 2015 Approved Notes: Waves overtopping the sand berm, then flowing back out to sea.
#5307 23 Apr 2015 Approved
#5304 18 Apr 2015 Approved
#11165 14 Apr 2015 Approved
#11151 2 Apr 2015 Approved
#5290 24 Mar 2015 Approved Notes: Waves appear to be capping the berm at high tide. School of Salmon (<50) found swimming close to mouth.
#5289 11 Mar 2015 Approved Notes: High tide waves appear to have been topping the sand berm
#5288 6 Mar 2015 Approved Notes: 1) Waves overtopping the sand berm
2) 14 Hooded Plovers sighted at the mouth
#5283 27 Feb 2015 Approved
#5278 16 Feb 2015 Approved Notes: Recent flows have not effected the condition of the estuary mouth.
#5277 9 Feb 2015 Approved
#5274 23 Jan 2015 Approved
#5269 9 Jan 2015 Approved
#5268 16 Dec 2014 Approved
#5265 29 Nov 2014 Approved
#5264 15 Nov 2014 Approved Notes: Reduced flow due to sand deposition at the entrance. It would appear that the mouth may close over, if low flow conditions continue.
#5242 9 Aug 2014 Approved Notes: Bloody freezing.
Quite a bit of river erosion heading towards the sea on the left hand side. Quite a lot of flotsam strewn along the sides of the river up to the car park
#5238 1 Jul 2014 Approved Notes: John Reid joined me for some training for Estuary Watch.
#5234 30 Jun 2014 Approved
#5233 25 Jun 2014 Approved Notes: Mouth had gathered quite a bit of sand, and looked close to closing over.
#5232 12 Jun 2014 Approved
#5229 7 Jun 2014 Approved
#5228 21 May 2014 Approved
#5207 10 May 2014 Approved
#5205 11 Apr 2014 Approved
#5199 29 Mar 2014 Approved
#5202 26 Mar 2014 Approved
#5198 12 Mar 2014 Approved
#5193 22 Feb 2014 Approved
#5191 6 Feb 2014 Approved Notes: Lefthand entrance closed, water only flowing out via righthand side.
#5189 28 Jan 2014 Approved Notes: Significant flood/tide delta formation behind the main entrance (refer to photos for more information).
#5180 14 Dec 2013 Approved Notes: gauge board needs cleaning.
#5177 13 Oct 2013 Approved
#5171 5 Jul 2013 Approved Notes: A lot of sea foam blowing onto the beach
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