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