Newcastle Bridge water level

Name: Newcastle Bridge water level (Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie))
Creator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

River gauge, Suir, Tipperary, Ireland

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.41m Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 13:45 GMT+1 (29 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Newcastle Bridge, where the gauge shows 0.41 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.30 m to 1.85 m.

It is still going down, by 0.05 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.40 m – 0.46 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.30 m – 1.85 m
Highest on record: 3.03 m

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

About the Suir

The River Suir is a river in Ireland that flows into the Celtic Sea through Waterford after a distance of 185 kilometres (115 mi). The catchment area of the Suir is 3,610 km2. Its long-term average flow rate is 76.9 cubic metres per second (m3/s), about twice the flow of either the River Barrow or the River Nore before these join, but a little less than the Barrow's flow when it meets the Suir 20 km downstream.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 11 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 1° – Wind 9 km/h

18 Sun 13° 0° – Wind 6 km/h

19 Mon 12° 1° 0.1 mm, 41% Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 14° 7° 1.8 mm, 64% Wind 23 km/h

21 Wed 11° 6° 15 mm, 63% Wind 40 km/h

22 Thu 12° 3° – Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 9° 4° 30 mm, 67% Wind 36 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:00 AM Sunset 06:35 PM Daylight 10 hr, 35 min First quarter 40%

Map

Other gauges on the Suir

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
ArdfinnanRiver gauge, Suir	1.02 m	Normal	−0.04 m	6.1 km
KnockloftyRiver gauge, Suir	−0.02 m	Normal	−0.06 m	7.0 km
Sandy BanksRiver gauge, Suir	0.52 m	No reference yet	−0.06 m	8.9 km
Workhouse BridgeRiver gauge, Suir	0.57 m	Normal	−0.03 m	10 km
Joyce's LaneRiver gauge, Suir	0.15 m	Normal	−0.02 m	11 km
ClonmelRiver gauge, Suir	0.30 m	Normal	−0.07 m	12 km
Caher ParkRiver gauge, Suir	0.29 m	Normal	−0.04 m	12 km
New Bridge SuirRiver gauge, Suir	0.26 m	Normal	−0.02 m	24 km
BeakstownRiver gauge, Suir	0.33 m	Normal	+0.01 m	42 km
ThurlesRiver gauge, Suir	0.30 m	Normal	±0	45 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Tar BridgeRiver gauge, Tar	0.55 m	Normal	−0.06 m	2.2 km
Fourmilewater FFWS Main LoggerRiver gauge, Nire	0.53 m	Normal	−0.02 m	3.7 km
Marlfield ReservoirReservoir, Marfield Lake	0.22 m	Normal	±0	9.3 km
AnnerRiver gauge	0.58 m	Normal	−0.01 m	17 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Suir at Newcastle Bridge?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) gives a typical range of 0.30 m to 1.85 m for this gauge.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.41 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Newcastle Bridge today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 13:45 GMT+1, the water level was 0.41 m. Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Newcastle Bridge rising or falling?

Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Newcastle Bridge normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Newcastle Bridge?

The highest level on record is 3.03 m.

How often is this data updated?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code: opw:16137 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.27491, -7.81027 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 24.301 m
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Contains Irish Public Sector Information licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence (source waterlevel.ie - provided by the Office of Public Works)

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.41 m	2026-10-17 12:45	Provisional

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Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Newcastle Bridge (opw:16137). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/tipperary/newcastle-bridge

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer