Site details

Overview

Estuary Wreck Creek
CMA West Gippsland CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code Wr1
Site name Surf Parade Bridge Inverloch
Nearest road and town Surf Parade Inverloch
Description

Centre culvert on the downstream (ocean) side of Surf Parade Bridge

Site access

Park on the Inverloch side of the Surf Parade Bridge. Step over the hand railing and complete the monitoring from the centre culvert.

Land use
Land use description

Creek flows from above the RACV resort in Inverloch (branch 1) and through the housing estate (i.e. residential area) in Inverloch (branch 2), into a coastal reserve where the majority of the estuary exists.

Status Active
Observation history 26-05-2016 - 08-03-2023

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 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 06-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Observation #14597 #14608 #14715 #14878 #14931 #14936 #14945 #14972 #15000 #15056 #15119 #15232 #15306 #15337

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 06-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 6.7 12.0 40.7 14.7 39.3 7.8 91.4 49.2 10.8 5.4 5.6 8.9 9.3 7.4
Bottom 7.6 11.1 10.0 9.9 47.6 8.5 90.2 48.9 16.2 3.5 12.3 20.2 12.3 8.1

pH

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 06-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 7.6 6.8 7.3 7.2 7.0 6.7 7.0 7.2 7.5 7.3 7.9 7.7 7.4
Bottom 7.2 6.6 7.8 7.4 7.5 6.6 7.0 7.3 7.7 7.2 7.8 7.8 8.0

Ammonia mg/L

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 06-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
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Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 06-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 06-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 14.90 15.50 10.90 10.80 9.70 9.50 10.20 9.50 11.60 11.50 24.30 21.90 19.80 18.40
Bottom 14.80 16.70 13.40 11.90 11.10 13.10 10.20 9.50 13.20 15.40 19.30 22.00 22.00 19.10

Salinity ppt

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 06-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 7.50 1.20 1.60 1.30 0.50 2.60 0.20 0.30 0.70 3.60 3.50 5.20 9.90 19.90
Bottom 7.50 9.50 26.10 29.50 19.40 31.60 0.20 0.30 13.90 22.00 10.60 5.90 26.50 27.30

D.O. mg/L

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 06-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 4.50 3.56 9.39 10.47 9.74 9.17 8.86 9.56 11.28 12.47 4.51 4.98 3.86
Bottom 3.94 3.15 4.82 8.39 5.92 5.59 9.77 10.49 8.52 9.33 0.73 2.30 4.45

D.O. % Sat

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 06-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 46.60 35.90 85.90 95.00 85.90 81.60 78.80 83.60 103.90 116.90 53.10 57.00 46.60
Bottom 40.70 34.30 54.20 93.20 60.70 64.60 86.90 91.80 88.50 106.70 8.60 30.10 57.00

Conductivity mS/cm

14-04-2022 20-04-2022 06-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 13.01 2.35 3.18 1.92 1.05 4.86 0.48 0.63 1.36 6.57 6.58 9.29 16.86 31.76
Bottom 39.08 16.21 41.30 45.36 31.26 48.41 0.49 0.64 23.10 35.05 17.90 10.44 41.25 42.36
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