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Overview

Estuary Gellibrand River Estuary
Site Gellibrand River Estuary Mouth Observation Site
Observation ID #12890
Date and Time Thursday 25th April 2019 14:55pm
Approved Approved

Notes

AHD G6 about 0.78  - board still covered with silt

Waves entering across a wide area & travelling down channel into estuary -large amount of green water is visible almost to tunnel entrance & can be seen mixing with darker fresh throughout the estuary. Only salt return occurring over high sand build up in channel. Outflow is very narrow & shallow - often no flow at all. Waves going very high up all along beach & entering very wide at mouth. At 15:50 a very strong longshore drift was visible going across entrance -impacting on west cliff & sending strong waves up channel

1 dead Gannet on beach near entrance & about 10 others feeding in area around the ocean sandbar.                                                                                         2 dark grey Pacific gulls feeding in estuary

Mouth Observation

Mouth state Open
Previous
Flow Present? Yes
Previous
Flow Direction In
Previous
Above Sea Above Estuary
Berm Height (m)
Berm Length (m)

Physical Condition

Current Mode
Wind Direction North
Beaufort Scale Fresh breeze
Sea State Very Rough

Water Levels and Tides

Water Level Start Finish
Height (m) 0.78m 0.92m
Time (hh:mm)
Tidal influence Yes
Tidal Range Time Height
High 1.160
Low 0.050

Observation Documents

Link Date File name Description
28-04-2019 09:30 Ge_20190425_waves_entering_2_0107.JPG
28-04-2019 09:30 Gp1_20190415_entrance_channel_.jpg gp1_1
28-04-2019 09:30 Gp1_20190425_waves_entering_1__0115.JPG gp1_1
28-04-2019 09:30 Gp1_20190425_waves_entering_2__0116.JPG gp1_1