EstuaryWatch Data Portal

AHD G2 0.35   @  10:10      G6     1.60 @     08:00

AHD G2  0.60 @ 12:52

        G6  1.91 @ 12.20

W wind 4 -small waves across surface

Water dark reddish brown. 

Flats draining around G5 water almost clear downstream of G5

Algae visible in wetlands below township & western area

AHD 0.8 @ 12:18  Board covered with silt- almost unreadable

Flow affect on probe was checked by attachment to weighted rope at lower depth & found to have correct reading previously

AHD G6 3.90 @ 08:15

        G2 0.76  @ 08:40

Strong N wind 4

Water very dark & dirty

Recent heavy rainfall  (G6 16/09/17 20 ml o/n)  has caused levels to rise again with water over/bank from G6 -G4. At G4 water is up on the concrete deck & over top of causeway but just starting to go over/bank immediately D/S of bridge - no flooding on flats beyond this point. Water is across OOR near flood markers but passable by 4x4. Flooding from run off (N - S flow) only

AHD G2   0.29     AHD G6     2.43 @ 10:07

Freezing cold N wind 5

White egret on bridge

Monitoring was discontinued after 2.00m. because of extremely fast flow

AHD G2 80 NTU's          G6    80 NTU's  pH 7.0

Strong flow out from the mouth has continued throughout this rainfall event

Initial flooding of OOR occurred after very heavy local rainfall. Flow across the road was only from North (runoff)

AHD G2 0.86 @10:20     G6  3.08  @ 08:22

Water very dirty  pale brown in colour, high turbidity which extends into estuary

No flooding but some water along N. side of OOR at flood markers (from run off)

Sufficient flow to require weights to rope ( probe attached)

AHD 0.59

Very cold N wind 3. Air temp 11C

AHD 0.69

AHD 0.32  @  11:27

Large amount of black gritty sand on weights

Natural opening occurred over night. Strong outflow through a very wide entrance both at mouth & start of channel

AHD 1.09 @  08:52       0.86   @  10:36      0.82  @  11:37  

AHD G6  2.31  @ 08:38    

Waves pulsing from entrance to G2 but very strong flow downstream below 2.00m increasing with depth.   Weights & rope covered with dead veg. & coarse black silt

Similar conditions at Lt1 but too much drift on weighted rope / probe to monitor. Large amount of dead veg. in flow. Fish (about 10 -15 cm) trying to swim upstream  against flow                              

AHD 1.18

Wind gusts 3-4 sending waves downstream of bridge

Some flooding US township but none on roads

AHD G2 0.74 @ 09:45     G6    0.86 @ 08:13

2 Hoary headed grebes at G2.

AHD G2 0.74

All readings extremely erratic constantly changing

small waves pulsing upstream to G2 Probe drifting under bridge

Water looked dirty but small fish swimming around bridge

AHD 0.64

Flow reduced since 14/4/17

AHD 1.53

Flow very fast weighted rope needed

AHD G2 1.47   G6 1.46  @ 10:15

Flow seemed to be going up stream then later no movement was noted

Many fish swimming around bridge,  25 cm. "shark like" fish chasing slightly smaller ones

Water covering deck of fishing platform

Both G2 & G6 AHD is @ 1.12  Mouth closed about 5 days ago.

Remaining areas covered with water in the Latrobe creek area have increasing algal cover

Fresh water inflow not possible to estimate, there seem to be currents crossing downstream but pulsing going upstream. (influence of barred mouth ??) Slight N wind about 2-3

AHD 0.46

Waves about 12 cm high from strong SE wind upstream to G2 making inflow estimation difficult

AHD 0.55

Air temp 18C. @ 09:35     .5 ml rain over night

AHD 0.62 @ 11:30       0.60 @ 12:40

Depth profile may have been affected by many people diving & swimming close by (Long weekend holiday)

AHD G2 1.12  @ 09:30      1.06 @   12:40 Overcast air temp 21C.  Slight sea with reefs exposed all along coast line

12.5 ml rain over night

Water smells bad, pale skin on surface

D.O. very low top to bottom

AHD  G2 between 1.40 & 1.39

AHD 1.40

Natural opening PM 08/03/17

AHD G2  1.34 @  10:30         G6   1.31  @ 09:20

Very low D.O. in halocline

AHD G6    1.25 @ 09:10      G2 1.25 @  09:35

Water up to bottom of large bearer on fishing platform. Water taken for turbidity testing very clear

Good catches of  Trevally & black Bream recorded in river N E camping ground

Meter used YSI 8

AHD 0.90

Wind S 3

River pulsing upstream from waves entering mouth

Many small fish close to surface around bridge

AHD G2  0.62 @ 11:30             G6  0.71  @ 08:45

West wind 3 Overcast.

AHD 0.59

Large flock of Ibis on N. wetlands

AHD 0.78

Good catches of black bream and mullet continue

Monitoring undertaken early because of holiday traffic over bridge

AHD 0.38  -(G2)     G6 AHD board - not possible to take reading because of silt build up

Fisherman caught - Large Black Bream (2), eel (1).Toadfish (1) from fishing platform at G2 this morning.Toadfish very unusual in this area. Good catches have been reported over past month & include good size Silver Trevally & Mullet

AHD 0.60 @ 08:50

Very large number of flies when no wind

Cold North wind 2-3

Water reddish brown colour

Schools of small fish near surface at G2 bridge

Skeins of irridescent scum forming along side streamside veg. and around auto monitor site. Very large number of moths wings in this scum indicatind bat activity during the night

AHD 0.52 @ 08:35

Very strong West wind -waves across site  -Wind gusts to 6

AHD G2  0.74 @ 10:45  (low tide  - hi tide 1.14 early a.m.)

N wind creating small waves downstream

Strong cold West wind

AHD G2 0.50 @10:00

G6 =water very reddish in colour with turbidity NTU's 35

• strong north wind (gusts)
• possible to work without weights
• probe drift
• 1 - 2 metre intermittent surge
• no visible flood water at G4, upstream from G6 hill flooded

west wind

waves to bridge

strong gusts

4 weights used

Little wind

• AHD 1.00
• Freshwater flow difficult to tell because of strong NW wind / waves, however no weights were needed

• Fresh water inflow difficult to tell
• AHD 0.80

• G6 1.04 @10:05
• Very slow flow

• AHD 0.74
• N wind 3-4 very cold

-AHD 0.65 @ 08:30

• Mouth opened by Permit 12/5/16( 09:00 start)
• AHD 1.04
• Turbidity 30 at fishing platform
• Flow extremely fast
• Large no. small fish sheltering from flow in shallow water alongside streamside veg. near fishing platform
• Large amount of 'black silt' coming up on weights
• Water very dark & dirty , smells bad

• 1.73 @ G6
• Water very clear , very large schools of fish visible in water around bridge
• Smoke haze from burning off Wind N 2
• Flats from Princetown to G 4 flooded, water nearly to top of dip in causeway
• Huge no. waterbirds, Swans, ducks- Shellduck, Teal, Black & wood, Aust. Grebes, w/h & w/n Herons, 5 egrets, masked plover
• Water only on south side of channel at G5, flood water entering east of pyramid Hill (north side up stream)