Artificial opening had just taken place

Natural state ‘closed’/no flow

Note that river flow out occurred very slowly throughout the rest of the day. Observations the following morning showed the river extremely low .15m

Occasional wave washing over berm

Fish at estuary mouth

ESE wind direction

Wind not as strong as BOM suggested at time

Tidal range high reading for 16th (night prior) - no high tide reading for the 17th 

Debra Ferrari - sampler also

Whales sited off Point Ronald

Photo below show sea grass on side of river/lagoon

Kim Morton - sampler also 

Wind WNW

High seas from shore - hard to accurately confirm berm height due to swell

Suspected rock fall from top of cliff just under vegetation line - see pic

Kim & Nancy - not present - had to leave

Unsure of how to read Berm height above sea - somewhere between .6-.8 roughly

Sea state - Moderte to Rough

Debbie Ferrari - sampler also

Debbie Ferrari  - monitoring

Water Level @ 9.02am - 1.15 (so rose slightly by finish time above)

ESE 33km Gusts 43

Seas 1-2 metres

Debbie Ferrari - sampler

ESEasterly Beaufort 3-4

15-20knots/seas 1 to 2 metres 17km/Gusts 32km

A number of dead fish floating and washed up - see pix

We did not have the berm measuring stick and so measured via our phones measuring tool 

Coincided by chance with Hannah & Emma from Parks assessing the situation.

Discussed lack of oxygen and higher temps with regard to dead fish - to be followed up.

Rivermouth has been closed since at least Dec 29

We didn't make it down to the beach due to the extreme heat.

Readings taken for Water Levels

Physical readings from BOM

Nancy Maclean also sampling

No bird life 

Kim Morton also sampling

Monitored due to current ocean storm surge /flooding

Wind NNW

Kim Morton sampler

strong flow in from ocean