Beach Monitoring Reports
The table above is derived from actual measurements of the beach sand elevation at typical points along East beach. The colours are used to provide an approximate indication of the sand level along the beach compared with historical levels. The range of sand levels and the values at which the colours change are shown in the colour legend at the bottom of the table.
The percentage represents the current sand height compared to the historical minimum and maximum heights ever measured at that location since 2013. These values are calculated from the measurements used to produce the profile charts that give additional information about the sand dynamics at that monitoring point.
These three columns give an overview of the sand level now, how it has changed since the previous measurement and how it compares to last year's results.
A positive number in a red square is usually not a concern but if the number is negative, it indicates that a new low sand level has been detected and further consideration of all the data at that point should be investigated.
21st March 2025 Report -
Date: Friday, 21st March 2025
Monitoring Team: Dean Tobin (Deakin), Nick, Peter
Analysis & Report: David Bills-Thompson, PFCG Technical Officer and Data Co-ordinator
Commentary:
There has not been any major loss of sand North East of the decommissioned land fill site (Profile 9B) and only minor dune toe loss further along the beach behind Post 10.
I have added a new profile chart 7B (behind post 7) at the South West end of the former land fill. This shows a major dune recession of nearly two metres occurred between 17/09/2024 and 19/11/2024. However, since then sand levels have increased slightly and there has not been any further dune recession.
The QST shows moderate sand levels for the other posts in the built up area of the bay.
The latest QST is always available at www.pfcg.org.au and is usually updated within five days of the beach mapping being conducted and within one day for intermediate laser monitoring.
To aid in the scheduling of beach monitoring, I have added calculations of the expected monitoring dates to the QST Control Panel; the second last column shows these expected dates.
Charts for individual Posts
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We can provide:
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spread sheets of all data
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photos for each monthly measurement.