GMC Gellibrand River Estuary Mouth Observation Site
9 March 2017
Observation details
Overview
| Estuary | Gellibrand River Estuary |
|---|---|
| Site | Gellibrand River Estuary Mouth Observation Site |
| Observation ID | #10983 |
| Date and Time | Thursday 9th March 2017 07:05am |
| Approved | Approved |
Notes
Natural opening occurred late 08/3/17 - planned Artificial Opening for 09/3/17 was not required. Mouth opened against the cliff after sweeping around in a wide shallow curve with a sheer east side of about10-60cm.The actual opening was very narrow with the projection V shaped pointing toward the cliff, the flow then turned S/E against through the berm (about 85 cm. high), the out flow was shallow & gradually turned sharply to east along beach face during the day.
The restricted area of the channel was much closer to the sea than the usual restriction of the rocks that normally hold back the flow. Beach was highest at east end with sand projecting out to sea mid beach then slopping down to entrance where the berm rises higher
Fish were gasping at the surface at G2 but further down in the estuary along E & S side were swimming downstream to entrance.
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