Limerick Dock water level

Name: Limerick Dock 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, Shannon Estuary, Clare, Ireland

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Latest reading

Water level

5.50m Up 0.45 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMT+1 (26 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level

What this means

The Shannon Estuary at Limerick Dock reads 5.50 m as of 17 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMT+1. There is no published reference for this estuary yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has risen 0.45 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 2.92 m and 5.78 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: 8.52 m

About the Shannon Estuary

The Shannon Estuary in Ireland is a large estuary where the River Shannon flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The estuary has Limerick City at its head and its seaward limits are marked by Loop Head to the north and Kerry Head to the south. The estuary defines the main boundary between County Kerry/County Limerick to the south and County Clare to the north.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 7.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 4° – Wind 7 km/h

18 Sun 13° 4° – Wind 6 km/h

19 Mon 13° 3° – Wind 11 km/h

20 Tue 14° 8° 3.1 mm, 49% Wind 23 km/h

21 Wed 11° 5° 20 mm, 57% Wind 41 km/h

22 Thu 12° 3° 1.5 mm, 68% Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 7° 3° 33 mm, 86% Wind 40 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:04 AM Sunset 06:37 PM Daylight 10 hr, 33 min First quarter 38%

Map

Other gauges on the Shannon Estuary

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Shannon AirportEstuary gauge, Shannon Estuary	3.82 m	No reference yet	+0.65 m	19 km
FoynesEstuary gauge, Shannon Estuary	4.02 m	No reference yet	+0.68 m	31 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Rossbrien Railway BridgeEstuary gauge, Ballinacurra	0.75 m	Normal	−0.01 m	2.6 km
Groody BridgeRiver gauge, Groody	0.78 m	Normal	−0.05 m	4.1 km
AnnacottyRiver gauge, Mulkear	0.51 m	Normal	−0.03 m	7.9 km
Barrington's BridgeRiver gauge, Newport	0.57 m	Normal	−0.04 m	12 km
Owenogarney Railway BridgeRiver gauge, Owenogarney	0.80 m	Normal	−0.01 m	12 km
Waterpark BridgeEstuary gauge, Newport	0.45 m	Normal	−0.02 m	13 km
Clonsingle BridgeEstuary gauge, Annagh	0.36 m	Normal	−0.02 m	15 km
BallymackeoghRiver gauge, Mulkear	0.24 m	Normal	−0.02 m	15 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Limerick Dock today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMT+1, the water level was 5.50 m. Up 0.45 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Limerick Dock rising or falling?

Up 0.45 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Limerick Dock 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 Limerick Dock?

The highest level on record is 8.52 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:24063 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.65854, -8.64447 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: -4.479 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	5.50 m	2026-10-17 08:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Limerick Dock (opw:24063). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/clare/limerick-dock

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

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