GMC Gellibrand River Estuary Mouth Observation Site
17 September 2016
Observation details
Overview
| Estuary | Gellibrand River Estuary |
|---|---|
| Site | Gellibrand River Estuary Mouth Observation Site |
| Observation ID | #10715 |
| Date and Time | Saturday 17th September 2016 08:50am |
| Approved | Approved |
Notes
- longshore drift active meeting outflow and incoming S/W swell. waves in all directions, backwash along beach rolling sand
- extremely fast dark dirty flow around mouth to east west and going out to sea about mid beach
- some waves entering over top of out flow and travelling into estuary
- 2 hooded plovers and 1 young ?
- 2 surfers on jetskis
- 2 canoe paddles found east end of beach
- more erosion to cliff face
- beach very wide
- wavs continue to erode east end of beach to sand dunes (height over 2m)
- beach much higher about 40 m west and extends out to sea
- debris from flood water along beach
- channel has 60cm high sheer sides
- large deposits of frog spawn in debris at side of channel
- Burrupa peaked on 16/9/16
- G6 peaked about 12:40 17/9/16
- water receding all areas 18/9/16
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