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Oranmore Bridge water level

River gauge, Spring, Galway, Ireland

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Latest reading

Water level

0.40m Steady over the last 24 hours

1 2 3 Highest onrecord 2.77 m

History

History
0.400.400.40mOct 16Oct 16Oct 16Oct 17Oct 170.400.400.40mOct 16Oct 16Oct 17
Water level

What this means

The latest river level reported for Oranmore Bridge is 0.40 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours.

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
2.77 m

On the river at Oranmore Bridge

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the OPW and Met Éireann.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 14 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 12° 0° – Wind 7 km/h
19 Mon 12° 1° – Wind 10 km/h
20 Tue 14° 7° 3.0 mm, 53% Wind 21 km/h
21 Wed 11° 6° 15 mm, 56% Wind 33 km/h
22 Thu 11° 4° 4.2 mm, 59% Wind 19 km/h
23 Fri 10° 5° 16 mm, 94% Wind 50 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:06 AM Sunset 06:37 PM Daylight 10 hr, 31 min First quarter 41%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
ClarinbridgeTidal gauge 0.75 m Normal −0.14 m 6.0 km
KilcolganRiver gauge, Dunkellin 0.82 m Normal +0.01 m 7.5 km
Galway Barrage D/SRiver gauge, Corrib 1.47 m Normal −0.03 m 8.5 km
Galway BarrageRiver gauge, Corrib 0.21 m Normal −0.03 m 8.5 km
Quincentennial BridgeRiver gauge, Corrib 0.66 m Normal −0.03 m 8.8 km
CaherfineskerRiver gauge, Lavally 0.92 m Normal −0.21 m 9.3 km
Rahasane TurloughLake, Dunkellin 1.69 m Normal +0.03 m 10 km
DanganRiver gauge, Corrib 0.27 m Normal −0.04 m 10 km

Questions and answers

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 0.40 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Oranmore Bridge today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 17:30 GMT+1, the water level was 0.40 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Oranmore Bridge rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Oranmore Bridge 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 Oranmore Bridge?

The highest level on record is 2.77 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:29015 (Agency page)
Coordinates
53.27176, -8.92946 (WGS84)
Vertical datum
OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero
1.080 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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.40 m 2026-10-17 16:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Oranmore Bridge (opw:29015). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/galway/oranmore-bridge

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.