Site details

Overview

Estuary Painkalac Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code P2
Site name Great Ocean Road Bridge at Aireys Inlet
Nearest road and town Aireys Inlet, Great Ocean Road
Description

Great Ocean Road Bridge at Aireys Inlet - centre post

Site access

Accessed via walkway beside Great Ocean Road.

Land use
  • Native Bushland
  • Other
  • Recreational
Land use description

Bridge surrounded by bushland and open space reserve.

Status Active
Observation history 11-05-2007 - 12-03-2023

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 09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 10-07-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 18-09-2022 28-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Observation #14604 #14672 #14742 #14917 #14967 #15002 #15041 #15318 #15100 #15151 #15185 #15228 #15281 #15374

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 10-07-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 18-09-2022 28-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 50.0 9.0 12.5 50.0 35.0 12.0 9.0 10.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 24.0 12.0 15.0 16.0 9.0 12.0 11.0 15.0

pH

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 10-07-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 18-09-2022 28-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.3 6.3 6.6 6.8 7.3 5.8 7.0 6.1 7.1 7.1 7.6
Bottom 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.7 7.5 6.8 7.3 7.9 7.2 7.5 7.8 7.3 7.1 7.5

Ammonia mg/L

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 10-07-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 18-09-2022 28-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 10-07-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 18-09-2022 28-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 10-07-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 18-09-2022 28-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 18.80 13.40 11.00 9.20 10.40 12.60 13.00 13.60 17.00 22.50 16.40 0.00 21.90 19.60
Bottom 18.60 17.70 15.20 14.90 14.10 14.00 14.20 14.00 16.60 17.20 18.80 0.00 23.70 20.70

Salinity ppt

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 10-07-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 18-09-2022 28-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 23.90 26.20 21.70 5.90 21.00 12.30 6.30 10.20 1.20 23.60 8.40
Bottom 32.20 32.30 35.90 39.10 37.20 38.80 40.90 41.80 39.40 39.90 39.10

D.O. mg/L

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 10-07-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 18-09-2022 28-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 8.31 9.19 10.09 9.51 10.79 8.78 9.61 9.86 8.77 8.34 9.44 6.78 7.83
Bottom 7.35 4.18 2.13 0.12 7.56 3.54 1.02 6.12 10.29 10.51 9.06 5.20 6.24

D.O. % Sat

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 10-07-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 18-09-2022 28-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 89.30 87.50 91.50 81.90 98.10 83.20 92.70 95.70 91.80 99.10 96.70 85.00 93.50
Bottom 43.70 21.30 1.20 74.70 34.70 10.10 60.60 106.70 111.90 97.60 71.70 77.50

Conductivity mS/cm

09-04-2022 08-05-2022 11-06-2022 10-07-2022 14-08-2022 11-09-2022 18-09-2022 28-09-2022 22-10-2022 13-11-2022 10-12-2022 15-01-2023 12-02-2023 12-03-2023
Top 33.20 31.90 25.30 7.32 24.20 15.70 8.53 13.47 1.67 35.50 11.99 24.74 24.48
Bottom 43.20 42.40 44.10 55.80 53.10 46.00 48.40 49.10 56.30 57.00 55.80 40.20 33.30
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