River Murray Lock Closures, Slippage Info & River Levels

This information is provided as a service to all users of the Murray River by the River Murray Boat Owners Association (RMBOA).

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River Levels
River Profile
Lock Closures

River Flow
Unofficial addendum to South Australian Waters Atlas

Riverbank Slippage Information


River Levels

Please note: The level graphs show the difference between the nominal pool level and the measured level. For more detailed information about the river levels please visit the River Murray Data Site.

Lock 1 Downstream Lock 1 Upstream Lock 2 Downstream Lock 2 Upstream
Lock 3 Downstream Lock 3 Upstream Lock 4 Downstream Lock 4 Upstream
Lock 5 Downstream Lock 5 Upstream Lock 6 Downstream Lock 6 Upstream
Lock 7 Downstream Lock 7 Upstream Lock 8 Downstream Lock 8 Upstream
Lock 9 Downstream Lock 9 Upstream Lock 10 Downstream Lock 10 Upstream
Lock 11 Downstream Lock 11 Upstream Lock 15 Downstream Lock 15 Upstream
Murray Bridge Mannum Swan Reach Waikerie
Loxton Lake Victoria Boundary Bend Wakool

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River Profile

This graph shows the river level profile compared to the nominal levels along the river in South Australia at the date of the latest reading.

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Lock Maintenance Closures

The locks in South Australia will be refurbished between 2008 and 2012. Each Lock may be closed for up to 12 weeks as it is refurbished. The table below shows the expected closures. Please contact the Lock to confirm the information given here. The normal opening times for the Locks are 8:00am to 11:30am and 1pm to 4:30pm. See below for Goolwa Lock detals.

Lock Maintenance Phone No. Status
Tauwitchere Lock* No Major Maintenance Planned (08) 8555 3040 CLOSED
Goolwa Lock No Major Maintenance Planned (08) 8555 2046 OPEN
Lock 1 COMPLETED (08) 8540 5001 OPEN
Lock 2 COMPLETED (08) 8543 2246 OPEN
Lock 3 Expected to re-open just before Easter (08) 8588 7005 CLOSED
Lock 4 7th February 2011

(08) 8582 1388

OPEN
Lock 5 COMPLETED (08) 8595 5114 OPEN
Lock 6 5th July 2010 (08) 8595 8025 OPEN
Lock 7 25th July 2011 (03) 5027 8225 OPEN
Lock 8 17th October 2011 (03) 5027 8231 OPEN
Lock 9 30th January 2012 (03) 5028 2235 OPEN
Lock 10 COMPLETED (03) 5027 3190 OPEN

* Closed until further notice due to low water levels in Lake Alexandrina

Goolwa Lock Openings

Sunday 10.15am and 3.30pm
Monday 12.15pm and 4pm
Tuesday 12.15pm and 4pm
Wednesday 10.15am and 3.30pm
Thursday 12.15pm and 4pm
Friday 12.15pm and 4pm
Saturday 8.30am, 1.15pm and 4pm

(This schedule will commence on 26 February 2010 and continue until 6 April 2010 inclusive unless otherwise advertised.)

All boats present at the lock prior to these specific times will be allowed through the lock (this may require more than one lockage). Outside of these times, lockages will only be provided in emergency situations.

The lockages will run until 6 April 2010. After this date it is likely that the lock will remain closed until the water level in the Goolwa Channel is raised by inflows down the Finniss River and Currency Creek.

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River Flow

Yarrawonga Weir Menindee Lakes Hume Reservoir Dartmouth Reservoir
Lake Victoria Outflow Lake Victoria Inflow Boundary Bend Lock 15
Lock 10 Lock 9 Lock 5 Lock 1

Flow to South Australia

The graphs are automatically extracted from the information supplied on the SA Water web pages on Monday to Friday around 2:30pm. The current river levels can be found at the SA Water web page.

More information on the Murray-Darling can be found on the Murray Darling Basin Authority MDBA) River Information webpage.

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