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 - 14-04-2024

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 14-05-2023 04-06-2023 09-07-2023 13-08-2023 10-09-2023 15-10-2023 25-10-2023 12-11-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024
Observation #15531 #15600 #15625 #15771 #15762 #15804 #15892 #15871 #15928 #15988 #16023 #16061 #16118

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

14-05-2023 04-06-2023 09-07-2023 13-08-2023 10-09-2023 15-10-2023 25-10-2023 12-11-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024
Top 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 13.5 10.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.5 10.0 9.0 9.0 9.0

pH

14-05-2023 04-06-2023 09-07-2023 13-08-2023 10-09-2023 15-10-2023 25-10-2023 12-11-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024
Top 6.3 6.9 6.2 6.5 7.6 7.5 8.2 7.4 7.7 7.3 7.6 7.6 7.7
Bottom 7.1 7.2 7.8 7.1 7.8 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.8

Ammonia mg/L

14-05-2023 04-06-2023 09-07-2023 13-08-2023 10-09-2023 15-10-2023 25-10-2023 12-11-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024
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Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

14-05-2023 04-06-2023 09-07-2023 13-08-2023 10-09-2023 15-10-2023 25-10-2023 12-11-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024
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Bottom

Temperature ° C

14-05-2023 04-06-2023 09-07-2023 13-08-2023 10-09-2023 15-10-2023 25-10-2023 12-11-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024
Top 11.30 13.00 11.90 10.10 12.50 16.30 16.00 19.40 20.10 22.00 21.70 23.00 17.60
Bottom 16.60 14.80 12.60 16.60 18.90 22.70 23.10 24.40 20.50 22.00 24.70 20.60 17.30

Salinity ppt

14-05-2023 04-06-2023 09-07-2023 13-08-2023 10-09-2023 15-10-2023 25-10-2023 12-11-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024
Top 12.50 11.30 40.20 13.90 14.70 11.00 11.90 8.20 9.10 17.20 23.90 22.90 20.80
Bottom 18.20 16.70 37.90 39.50 40.10 29.80 28.00 25.00 39.70 40.00 33.60 26.40 25.30

D.O. mg/L

14-05-2023 04-06-2023 09-07-2023 13-08-2023 10-09-2023 15-10-2023 25-10-2023 12-11-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024
Top 10.66 10.50 10.28 10.77 11.77 10.39 10.65 8.28 8.39 7.89 8.24 7.44 8.62
Bottom 1.82 3.51 10.16 2.66 2.38 3.50 4.71 3.75 3.17 3.99 7.05 3.97 4.51

D.O. % Sat

14-05-2023 04-06-2023 09-07-2023 13-08-2023 10-09-2023 15-10-2023 25-10-2023 12-11-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024
Top 96.60 98.90 96.10 95.60 109.39 106.00 107.90 90.20 92.90 90.40 93.70 87.00 90.40
Bottom 18.60 34.30 96.40 27.20 25.40 41.10 55.00 45.00 35.40 45.60 84.70 44.20 46.90

Conductivity mS/cm

14-05-2023 04-06-2023 09-07-2023 13-08-2023 10-09-2023 15-10-2023 25-10-2023 12-11-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024
Top 15.37 14.58 45.20 16.47 18.38 15.45 16.41 12.61 14.06 26.30 35.30 34.80 28.50
Bottom 24.70 21.90 54.10 56.40 52.80 43.90 41.90 38.80 54.10 56.30 50.90 37.70 33.80
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