Ballea water level

Name: Ballea 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, Owenboy, Cork, Ireland

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.21m

Measured Oct 17, 2026, 01:30 AM GMT+1 (20 min ago)

History

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What this means

The Owenboy at Ballea is at 0.21 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.18 m to 0.72 m.

In the last month it has stayed between 0.21 m and 0.21 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: 0.18 m – 0.72 m
Highest on record: 2.16 m

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the OPW and Met Éireann.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.7 mm. Rain upstream usually reaches a river gauge after hours to days.

17 Sat 13° 6° – Wind 11 km/h

18 Sun 14° 7° – Wind 9 km/h

19 Mon 13° 4° 0.2 mm, 27 % Wind 12 km/h

20 Tue 13° 9° 6.8 mm, 57 % Wind 18 km/h

21 Wed 12° 6° 2.6 mm, 47 % Wind 40 km/h

22 Thu 13° 3° 0.3 mm, 75 % Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 10° 6° 37 mm, 79 % Wind 42 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:02 AM Sunset 06:38 PM Daylight 10h 36m First quarter 35 %

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	Distance
County HallRiver gauge, Curragheen	1.33 m	Normal	9.9 km
Waterworks WeirRiver gauge, Lee	0.41 m	Normal	10 km
Glen ParkRiver gauge, Glen	0.21 m	Normal	10 km
Blackpool Retail ParkRiver gauge, Bride (Cork)	0.16 m	Normal	11 km
Carrigrohane BridgeRiver gauge, Curragheen	0.78 m	Normal	11 km
BallincollyRiver gauge, Glen Tributary	-0.09 m	Low	11 km
Glennamought BridgeRiver gauge, Glen Tributary	0.40 m	Normal	13 km
Gothic BridgeRiver gauge, Blarney	0.14 m	Low	15 km

Questions and answers

What is the record level at Ballea?

The highest reading on record is 2.16 m.

How often is Ballea updated?

Several times an hour. New readings from Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) appear here as they arrive. Latest: Oct 17, 2026, 01:30 AM GMT+1.

What is the water level of Ballea today?

On Oct 17, 2026, 01:30 AM GMT+1, the water level was 0.21 m. Normal.

Is the level of Ballea 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 Ballea?

The highest level on record is 2.16 m on –.

How often is this data updated?

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 Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie), the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the 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:19001 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.82208, -8.42156 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 8.548 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 `stage`	0.21 m	2026-10-17 00:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Ballea (opw:19001). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/cork/ballea

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