Site details

Overview

Estuary Painkalac Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code P2
Site name Great Ocean Road Bridge at Aireys Inlet
Nearest road and town Aireys Inlet, Great Ocean Road
Description

Great Ocean Road Bridge at Aireys Inlet - centre post

Site access

Accessed via walkway beside Great Ocean Road.

Land use
  • Native Bushland
  • Other
  • Recreational
Land use description

Bridge surrounded by bushland and open space reserve.

Status Active
Observation history 11-05-2007 - 28-12-2024

Map

Observations

C Estuary is closed to the sea. O Estuary is open to the sea. P Perched
Turbidity tubes do not measure below 9 NTU; Chart values of 9 should be interpreted as < 9 NTU

Observations

Date 11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 24-09-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024 28-12-2024
Observation #16023 #16061 #16118 #16179 #16207 #16279 #16460 #16463 #16509 #16566 #16629

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 24-09-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024 28-12-2024
Top 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 13.5 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 15.0 9.0

pH

11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 24-09-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024 28-12-2024
Top 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.4 7.6 7.4 7.9 8.0
Bottom 7.7 7.6 7.8 7.5 7.0 7.4 7.7 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.4

Ammonia mg/L

11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 24-09-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024 28-12-2024
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Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 24-09-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024 28-12-2024
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 24-09-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024 28-12-2024
Top 21.70 23.00 17.60 15.50 12.90 11.00 11.30 16.00 14.90 18.70 20.10
Bottom 24.70 20.60 17.30 17.00 14.80 12.90 14.40 14.70 18.10 20.10 19.00

Salinity ppt

11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 24-09-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024 28-12-2024
Top 23.90 22.90 20.80 15.30 13.00 10.30 12.60 14.30 16.70 12.90 12.70
Bottom 33.60 26.40 25.30 23.40 18.30 13.00 31.60 28.50 22.90 16.20 10.40

D.O. mg/L

11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 24-09-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024 28-12-2024
Top 8.24 7.44 8.62 8.77 9.60 9.95 10.37 8.89 9.58 9.10 7.54
Bottom 7.05 3.97 4.51 1.08 2.18 3.37 6.45 10.54 8.78 5.62 7.12

D.O. % Sat

11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 24-09-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024 28-12-2024
Top 93.70 87.00 90.40 87.40 91.50 90.60 93.90 90.60 94.10 97.30 84.10
Bottom 84.70 44.20 46.90 11.10 21.60 32.10 62.80 104.60 92.30 62.00 77.80

Conductivity mS/cm

11-02-2024 10-03-2024 14-04-2024 11-05-2024 09-06-2024 13-07-2024 11-08-2024 24-09-2024 12-10-2024 10-11-2024 28-12-2024
Top 35.30 34.80 28.50 20.54 16.55 12.76 15.52 19.50 21.89 18.83 19.16
Bottom 50.90 37.70 33.80 31.30 23.80 16.65 38.60 35.40 31.40 24.00 15.55
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