Lake - Water Level Monitoring LIVE
Sustainability & Conservation ActiveFacilitated by MCC
Smiths Lake Water Level — Live & Free - tells you things you need to know before the sandbar opens.
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Environment & Sustainability
Lake and land monitoring, management, conservation, and environmental programs, accessing and protecting our natural assets.
Live Lake Level
When heavy rain arrives, the question every resident and visitor asks is the same: how full is the lake, and is it heading for an opening? Smiths Lake is monitored 24/7 by Manly Hydraulics Laboratory at Tarbuck Bay. The trigger for mechanically opening the sandbar is 2.1 m AHD, adjusted for forecast weather.
Active Programs
Our ongoing environmental initiatives and conservation efforts to protect and enhance Smiths Lake's natural environment.
Landcare & Bush Regeneration
Sustainability & Conservation ActiveOpen to New Participants
Coordinated volunteer works program for weed management and bush regeneration, focused on Smiths Lake foreshore, village green spaces, and bush walking trail maintenance.
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Continuous Flora and Fauna observation, Identification and Education program for local residents and visitors monitoring and reporting sightings. Amateur and expert Identification support.
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Six tonnes and counting. Rubbish, derelict craft and abandoned equipment — gone.
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Smiths Lake is what scientists classify as an intermittently closed and open lake (ICOLL) — a coastal lagoon that is predominantly closed to the ocean, but periodically opened, either naturally or mechanically, to manage water levels and maintain the health of the estuary.
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Find Us — Smiths Lake Village
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Smiths Lake Water Quality — Tested, Monitored, Reported
View Document ↗ View Details →Lake - Access & MCC Plan of Management
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On the Water — Speed limits, fishing zones, boat access — here is how Smiths Lake is managed.
View Document ↗ View Details →Green Zone-Clean-Up Smiths Lake (Aust)
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Our volunteer Clean-Up Day program focuses on the Smiths Lake Village Foreshore, Green Spaces, and surrounding precinct areas. On Sunday, 8 March 2026, we targeted the lakeside foreshore along Sandbar Road, Smiths Lake NSW. Ten community volunteers, and the assistance of Sandbar/Bushland camping park staff, recovered and disposed of a total of 1.06 tonne of abandoned materials and rubbish.
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Smiths Lake Water Level — Live & Free
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RFS, MCC and Community management plan for clearing and maintenance of APZ’s for fire risk mitigation and protection of Smiths Lake people and property.
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Sustainability & Conservation ActiveFacilitated by MCC
Your Backyard, Your Bushland. Free workshops, citizen science, and hands-on programs — protecting what makes Smiths Lake special.
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