Site details

Overview

Estuary Spring Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code S3a
Site name Platform upstream of Great Ocean Road
Nearest road and town Great Ocean Road, Torquay
Description

S3a fishing platform is an alternate site to S3 Great Ocean Road footbridge. Located 80m upstream from S3, it is less likely to be impacted by stormwater drains under bridge.

Site access

From Great Ocean Road B100 enter Spring Creek Reserve and park near the Surfcoast Tennis Club.

Land use
  • Recreational
  • Urban Residential
Land use description
Status Active
Observation history 04-09-2022 - 19-12-2023

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 30-04-2023 27-05-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Observation #15512 #15561 #15775 #15902 #15923

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 11.5 9.0 21.0 15.0 13.0
Bottom 18.0 12.0 34.0 19.0 15.0

pH

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 7.9 8.0 8.5 7.7 8.0
Bottom 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9

Ammonia mg/L

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 17.00 12.70 18.60 19.50 21.20
Bottom 16.20 14.30 17.30 19.20 21.20

Salinity ppt

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 35.00 25.20 16.50 15.10 14.00
Bottom 36.50 30.40 16.90 15.20 14.20

D.O. mg/L

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 8.74 12.62 8.80 7.33 8.50
Bottom 10.34 9.46 7.95 7.22 8.39

D.O. % Sat

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 90.60 129.00 94.50 80.00 95.90
Bottom 105.40 92.90 83.20 79.50 94.70

Conductivity mS/cm

30-04-2023 27-05-2023 02-10-2023 16-11-2023 19-12-2023
Top 44.90 30.30 23.50 22.10 21.50
Bottom 45.80 37.20 23.40 22.10 21.70
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