CAMDEN HAVEN OUTFALL

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Physical Environment

Landscape

Camden Head is part of the Camden Head formation which consist of Triassic conglomerate, sandstone and shale (Hastings Geological Series Sheet SH 56 – 14). To the south is Dunbogan Beach and to the north is Perpendicular Point, Pilot Beach, the entrance to Camden Haven Inlet and then Grants Beach.

Bathymetry & Substrate

Water depths close to the outfall are generally of the order of 2 m shelving slowly to about 5m off the end of Perpendicular Point. The outfall itself is located in a jumble of boulders and discharges at the mean low water mark.
Currents, Winds and Waves

Little oceanographic data is available for areas close to Camden Head outfall.

Outfall Site

Camden Haven

(Camd_5) Last updated May 2000