Velocity profiling measurements in unsteady surges and bores at 100 Hz.
Velocity profile within inner region followed the log law before, during and after the surge.
Integral turbulent time and length scales Lz,z/Lz,x ∼ 1.1–7.3 and Tz,z/Tz,x ∼ 1.1–14.4.
Vortical structures with longer dimensions in the vertical direction after surge.