Site details

Overview

Estuary Tidal River
CMA West Gippsland CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code TR1
Site name Tidal River Footbridge
Nearest road and town 6th Avenue, Tidal River
Description

This site is located on the Tidal River Footbridge, between the 13th and 14th upright post on the upstream side of the bridge (look for the broken bridge board).

Site access

From the Tidal River Information Centre, Follow Loop Road to Six Avenue. Park at the first BBQ shelter and follow the signs to the footbridge.

Land use
  • Native Bushland
  • Recreational
Land use description

National Park Camp Ground

Status Active
Observation history 26-10-2017 - 26-03-2024

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 06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Observation #15745 #15822 #15880 #15916 #16090

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 7.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 10.0

pH

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 8.0 7.8 8.1 7.6 6.7
Bottom 8.2 8.4 7.8 8.4 6.4

Ammonia mg/L

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 13.00 22.20 16.80 19.80 21.20
Bottom 12.50 19.40 17.20 20.60 21.20

Salinity ppt

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 4.50 5.00 14.80 8.50 1.30
Bottom 36.70 31.90 36.50 34.10 34.80

D.O. mg/L

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 12.20 13.03 9.12 7.61 10.42
Bottom 11.06 6.45 9.28 6.74 4.02

D.O. % Sat

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 117.90 152.10 102.70 87.90 109.50
Bottom 128.80 85.70 118.30 90.10 54.00

Conductivity mS/cm

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 7.87 9.06 20.03 14.90 2.89
Bottom 55.50 49.97 55.10 52.00 52.70
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