Site details

Overview

Estuary Wreck Creek
CMA West Gippsland CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code Wr1
Site name Surf Parade Bridge Inverloch
Nearest road and town Surf Parade Inverloch
Description

Centre culvert on the downstream (ocean) side of Surf Parade Bridge

Site access

Park on the Inverloch side of the Surf Parade Bridge. Step over the hand railing and complete the monitoring from the centre culvert.

Land use
Land use description

Creek flows from above the RACV resort in Inverloch (branch 1) and through the housing estate (i.e. residential area) in Inverloch (branch 2), into a coastal reserve where the majority of the estuary exists.

Status Active
Observation history 26-05-2016 - 22-01-2025

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 08-02-2024 21-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 29-08-2024 04-09-2024 15-10-2024 22-01-2025
Observation #16006 #16053 #16103 #16241 #16355 #16429 #16430 #16529 #16676

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

08-02-2024 21-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 29-08-2024 04-09-2024 15-10-2024 22-01-2025
Top 4.2 14.8 3.2 17.4 7.6 2.2 10.2 2.4 2.1
Bottom 13.3 8.1 6.1 9.4 3.9 4.2 2.6 15.3 2.1

pH

08-02-2024 21-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 29-08-2024 04-09-2024 15-10-2024 22-01-2025
Top 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.8 7.4 7.2 7.0 7.4
Bottom 7.8 7.0 7.7 7.4 7.7 7.8 7.0 7.4

Ammonia mg/L

08-02-2024 21-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 29-08-2024 04-09-2024 15-10-2024 22-01-2025
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

08-02-2024 21-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 29-08-2024 04-09-2024 15-10-2024 22-01-2025
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

08-02-2024 21-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 29-08-2024 04-09-2024 15-10-2024 22-01-2025
Top 20.80 22.90 18.40 15.80 10.10 13.70 9.80 16.70 21.00
Bottom 22.40 22.90 17.40 17.10 11.70 12.40 12.80 15.90 20.80

Salinity ppt

08-02-2024 21-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 29-08-2024 04-09-2024 15-10-2024 22-01-2025
Top 11.10 18.90 6.50 21.90 1.40 20.40 3.20 0.90 1.10
Bottom 12.20 24.60 6.60 32.60 13.20 29.90 33.60 17.60 1.10

D.O. mg/L

08-02-2024 21-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 29-08-2024 04-09-2024 15-10-2024 22-01-2025
Top 3.13 1.44 11.28 4.35 8.30 6.80 5.47 7.13 4.89
Bottom 1.94 0.93 6.80 2.33 15.30 6.60 3.11 0.64 4.55

D.O. % Sat

08-02-2024 21-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 29-08-2024 04-09-2024 15-10-2024 22-01-2025
Top 36.80 18.70 134.10 49.30 73.90 74.80 48.80 73.00 55.30
Bottom 23.60 12.50 72.90 29.00 1.54 75.00 35.90 7.20 51.30

Conductivity mS/cm

08-02-2024 21-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 29-08-2024 04-09-2024 15-10-2024 22-01-2025
Top 18.64 30.39 11.28 34.65 2.65 32.58 5.83 1.76 2.05
Bottom 20.37 38.64 11.55 49.64 21.83 46.07 51.14 28.38 2.07
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