Site details

Overview

Estuary Spring Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code S3
Site name Footbridge upstream of Great Ocean Road at Torquay
Nearest road and town Great Ocean Road, Torquay
Description Footbridge upstream of Great Ocean Road at Torquay
Site access Easily accessed via walkway from Great Ocean Road.
Land use
  • Other
  • Recreational
Land use description Road
Status Active
Observation history 08-07-2007 - 04-09-2022
Photo of S3
Photo of phys/chem monitoring site S3

Map

Observations

C Estuary is closed to the sea. O Estuary is open to the sea. P Perched
Turbidity tubes do not measure below 9 NTU; Chart values of 9 should be interpreted as < 9 NTU

Observations

Date 08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Observation #14784 #14811 #14815 #14859 #14925 #15014

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 14.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 24.0
Bottom 22.0 9.0 9.0 27.0 17.0 21.0

pH

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 8.2 7.9 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.7
Bottom 8.1 7.8 8.1 7.5 8.1 7.5

Ammonia mg/L

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 20.20 16.00 14.40 11.60 12.40 15.20
Bottom 18.80 18.30 14.90 16.20 12.90 14.20

Salinity ppt

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 26.50 21.10 34.00 16.70 17.50
Bottom 27.30 31.00 41.80 29.30 23.60

D.O. mg/L

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 9.29 9.19 10.49 11.17 10.19 10.11
Bottom 9.06 5.21 11.20 6.01 9.19 9.00

D.O. % Sat

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 102.10 91.80 103.10 101.50 96.50 99.70
Bottom 96.90 54.70 111.60 60.50 87.90 54.00

Conductivity mS/cm

08-04-2022 22-04-2022 28-05-2022 01-07-2022 06-08-2022 04-09-2022
Top 37.50 27.80 41.20 20.25 21.50
Bottom 37.40 41.40 50.10 37.60 28.60
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