out flow is like wind against tide the waves stand up more when it hit the out going water - patto or the mouth of the dandenong creek has a small flow more of cause and the tide is going out4liters wrote:What causes it then? Waves reaching shallow water, making them stand up or something?frozenpod wrote:Just to clarify it is not a bar.
Bar is when a river meets the ocean.
It can get nasty out there though.
biggest problem is inside the river mouth is protected so once you hit the bay the wave action is bigger with bad condition and it also is shallower so the wave stand up