As reported by Sue Matthews, Overstrand Estuaries Management Coordinator, with photographs by Meg Campbell The Bot River Estuary was artificially breached overnight on Friday 17 August, following a decision by a breaching subcommittee of the Bot River Estuary Forum (BREF) in consultation with estuarine specialists. The artificial breach was in accordance with a Mouth Management Plan approved by the Department …
Breaching of the Klein River Estuary, Hermanus
The Klein River Estuary mouth opened in the early hours of the morning of Tuesday 14th August near the Grotto Beach car park. The water level was at 2.78m above mean sea level at 18:30 the previous night, the same level at which the artificial breach was conducted last year. The week before it was at 1.8m above mean sea level, …