Seagrass is the fifth most important ecosystem in the world – you too can help monitor seagrass and help with the collection of scientific data.
Reef Catchments is looking for volunteers who can spend a few hours a year collecting the data – no knowledge nor experience is required! Seagrass monitoring takes place in May, June, September and October this year.
Did you know one square metre of seagrass produces up to 10L of oxygen every day and a seagrass meadow can replace all its leaves in just ten days?
Turtles and dugongs rely on seagrass for food.
Read more about volunteering for seagrass monitoring
Join the Mackay seagrass monitoring group
Join the Whitsunday seagrass monitoring group
Mackay Isaac Region – Seagrass Monitoring
September 2022
| Location | Where | Date | Low Tide (m) | Low Tide (time) | Meet (time) |
| St Helen’s Beach 1 site | End of Ramp Road St Helen’s Beach | Wednesday 7 September 2022 | 0.63 m | 3.03 pm | 1 pm |
| Clairview 2 sites | Clairview Rest area car park | Thursday 8 September 2022 | 0.62 m | 3.54 pm | 1.30 pm |
| Clairview | Clairview Rest area car park | Friday 9 September 2022 | 0.44 m | 4.39 pm | 2 pm |
October 2022
| Location | Where | Date | Low Tide (m) | Low Tide (time) | Meet (time) |
| St Helen’s Beach 1 site | End of Ramp Road St Helen’s Beach | Friday 7 October 2022 | 0.45 m | 3.41 pm | 1.30 pm |
| Clairview | Clairview Rest area car park | Saturday 8 October 2022 | 0.61 m | 4.22 pm | 1.30 pm |
