Draft Moonee Creek Flood Study

We invite the community to comment on the draft flood study, and associated draft updated flood mapping datasets.

Review the draft reports and flood mapping datasets in the document library.

Project overview

To help us better understand flood risk, and help manage flood-prone areas we have undertaken a new flood study for Moonee Creek. This is the crucial step of the floodplain management process and covers the localities of Moonee Beach, Sapphire Beach and the parts of Emerald Beach in the Moonee Creek catchment.

The study has been conducted by a team of experts at JB Pacific. They have worked closely with the City, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), NSW State Emergency Service (SES), and the community to undertake the flood study.

It aimed to provide an understanding of the full range of flood behaviour and flood events for the study area. It involved consideration of the localised flood history, available collected flood data, and the development of hydrologic and hydraulic models to understand flood risk.

The outputs of the study will assist City by providing;

• probabilistic flood mapping to be able to share with the community
• emergency management information
• an understanding of future flood scenarios incorporating climate change and development

Make a submission

We invite all community members to review the Draft Moonee Creek Flood Study, as well as the updated flood mapping datasets.

• View the Document Library
  • Draft Moonee Creek Flood Study
  • Updated Flood Mapping Datasets
• Read the frequently asked questions (FAQs)
• Community drop-in-session - come chat with us

Saturday 10 May 2025 - 9am to 12pm
Moonee Market
2B Moonee Beach Rd, Moonee Beach

Submissions can be made by:

• The online submission form
• email: coffs.council@chcc.nsw.gov.au
• post: Locked Bag 155, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450

Submissions close Friday 6th June 2025

Next steps

All submissions will be considered by the City in finalising the Moonee Creek Flood Study

An online version of the final revised Moonee Creek Flood Study will be freely available to the public at the conclusion of the study.