Clarecastle Barrage D/S water level

Name: Clarecastle Barrage D/S water level (Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie))
Creator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Estuary gauge, Fergus Estuary, Clare, Ireland

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Latest reading

Water level

1.93m Up 0.25 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 00:00 GMT+1 (5 hours ago)

History

Not enough readings for a chart yet. History builds up with every update.

What this means

The Fergus Estuary at Clarecastle Barrage D/S reads 1.93 m as of 18 Oct 2026, 00:00 GMT+1. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this estuary yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It has risen 0.25 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.64 m and 2.36 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Highest on record: 5.14 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 17 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° -1° – Wind 5 km/h

19 Mon 12° -1° – Wind 17 km/h

20 Tue 11° 7° 17 mm, 76% Wind 24 km/h

21 Wed 11° 6° 2.4 mm, 71% Wind 17 km/h

22 Thu 11° 4° 3.1 mm, 86% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 10° 4° 2.3 mm, 94% Wind 24 km/h

24 Sat 11° 8° 18 mm, 79% Wind 37 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:07 AM Sunset 06:36 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 46%

Map

Other gauges on the Fergus Estuary

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Clarecastle Barrage U/SEstuary gauge, Fergus Estuary	1.96 m	No reference yet	+0.25 m	0.0 km
Ennis BridgeEstuary gauge, Fergus Estuary	1.04 m	No reference yet	−0.03 m	3.5 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
CarnellyRiver gauge, Manus	0.32 m	Normal	±0	2.0 km
Victoria BridgeEstuary gauge, Fergus	1.63 m	Normal	−0.02 m	4.0 km
Inch Bridge ClaureenRiver gauge, Claureen	0.30 m	Normal	−0.06 m	5.0 km
BallycoreyRiver gauge, Fergus	1.08 m	Normal	±0	5.9 km
Corrofin FergusRiver gauge, Fergus	1.06 m	Normal	−0.11 m	16 km
Owenogarney Railway BridgeRiver gauge, Owenogarney	0.79 m	Normal	−0.02 m	16 km
EnnistimonRiver gauge, Inagh	0.58 m	Normal	−0.08 m	26 km
KillafeenTidal gauge, Owendaiulloeg	0.90 m	Normal	−0.08 m	26 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Clarecastle Barrage D/S today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 00:00 GMT+1, the water level was 1.93 m. Up 0.25 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Clarecastle Barrage D/S rising or falling?

Up 0.25 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Clarecastle Barrage D/S normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Clarecastle Barrage D/S?

The highest level on record is 5.14 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.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie), the official operator of this gauge, and are published under CC BY 4.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code: opw:27065 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.81727, -8.96285 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: -1.015 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	1.93 m	2026-10-17 23:00	Provisional

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Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Clarecastle Barrage D/S (opw:27065). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/clare/clarecastle-barrage-d-s

How we check values

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