Zeballos River at Mook Peak water level

Name: Zeballos River at Mook Peak water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

River gauge, Zeballos River, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

1.68m Down 0.11 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 01:45 AM PDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.56 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Zeballos River at Mook Peak reads 1.68 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.04 m below the median of 1.73 m for mid-October, based on 15 years of readings.

The level is falling, down 0.11 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.49 m and 2.22 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 15 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.73 m0.04 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 1.47 m – 2.11 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.49 m – 2.22 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.49 m – 1.92 m

Conditions at Zeballos River at Mook Peak

Paddlers should check the trend as well as the level; summer storms can raise rivers quickly.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the Zeballos River

The Zeballos River is a river located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The river is up island and flows south into the north end of Zeballos Inlet, near the town of Zeballos. The river was named in relation to Zeballos Inlet, which was named by Spanish explorer Alessandro Malaspina for a crew member on his ship, Lt. Ciriaco Ceballos, who explored the inlet in 1791. It was discovered to be gold bearing before 1900 and has been mined.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 31 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 10° 4° 0.3 mm, 24% Wind 9 km/h

20 Tue 15° 2° – Wind 7 km/h

21 Wed 13° 5° 0.1 mm, 29% Wind 7 km/h

22 Thu 10° 3° – Wind 12 km/h

23 Fri 8° 2° – Wind 9 km/h

24 Sat 6° 2° 9.3 mm, 33% Wind 16 km/h

25 Sun 9° 4° 3.6 mm, 20% Wind 20 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:56 AM Sunset 06:29 PM Daylight 10 hr, 33 min First quarter 58%

Map

Other gauges on the Zeballos River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Zeballos River near ZeballosRiver gauge, Zeballos River	1.74 m	Normal	−0.16 m	14 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Nimpkish River above Woss RiverRiver gauge, Nimpkish River	0.67 m	Low	−0.01 m	17 km
Tsitika River below Catherine CreekRiver gauge, Tsitika River	1.68 m	Normal	−0.12 m	38 km
Eve River below Kunnum CreekRiver gauge, Eve River	3.14 m	Low	−0.05 m	46 km
Marble River at Outlet of Alice LakeRiver gauge, Marble River	3.33 m	No reference yet	+0.02 m	61 km
Klaskish River near Klaskino InletRiver gauge, Klaskish River	3.89 m	Low	−0.19 m	65 km
Salmon River near SaywardRiver gauge, Salmon River	1.46 m	Very low	−0.01 m	67 km
Gold River below Ucona RiverRiver gauge, Gold River	1.05 m	Low	−0.10 m	70 km
Crest Lake near Highway 28Lake, Crest Lake	1.04 m	Normal	−0.05 m	73 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Zeballos River at Mook Peak in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.73 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.47 m and 2.11 m, based on 15 years of records.

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

What is the water level of Zeballos River at Mook Peak today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 01:45 AM PDT, the water level was 1.68 m. Down 0.11 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Zeballos River at Mook Peak rising or falling?

Down 0.11 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.13 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Zeballos River at Mook Peak normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 15 years of daily readings for this time of year.

How often is this data updated?

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:08HE008 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.13569, -126.82006 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum (assumed datum)
Update interval: every hour
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	1.68 m	2026-10-19 08:45	Provisional
Flow	0.56 m³/s	2026-10-19 08:45	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Zeballos River at Mook Peak (eccc:08HE008). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/zeballos-river-at-mook-peak

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