Sauble River at Sauble Falls water level

Name: Sauble River at Sauble Falls 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, Sauble River, Ontario, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

0.77m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 06:30 PM EDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 1.83 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 0.77 m, the Sauble River at Sauble Falls is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.91 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the water level is 0.14 m below typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.73 m and 0.81 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.91 m0.14 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.77 m – 1.22 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.73 m – 0.81 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.74 m – 0.80 m

Conditions at Sauble River at Sauble Falls

Low water means shallow riffles on canoe trips and warmer water for fish.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the Sauble River

The Sauble River is a river in Bruce County and Grey County in southwestern Ontario, Canada that flows from its headwaters in the township of Chatsworth to Lake Huron north of the community of Sauble Beach.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 13 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 15° 10° – Wind 25 km/h

19 Mon 15° 8° – Wind 22 km/h

20 Tue 14° 6° – Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 14° 5° – Wind 15 km/h

22 Thu 16° 9° – Wind 11 km/h

23 Fri 15° 6° – Wind 15 km/h

24 Sat 17° 4° – Wind 23 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:45 AM Sunset 06:37 PM Daylight 10 hr, 52 min First quarter 54%

Map

Other gauges on the Sauble River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Sauble River at AllenfordRiver gauge, Sauble River	4.75 m	Low	±0	17 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Saugeen River near Port ElginRiver gauge, Saugeen River	7.59 m	Low	+0.03 m	25 km
Sydenham River near Owen SoundRiver gauge, Sydenham River	4.89 m	Very low	−0.01 m	31 km
Stokes River near FerndaleRiver gauge, Stokes River	1.25 m	Very low	−0.01 m	40 km
Bighead River near StrathavonRiver gauge, Bighead River	7.17 m	Normal	−0.01 m	44 km
Teeswater River near PaisleyRiver gauge, Teeswater River	11.37 m	Low	+0.02 m	46 km
Bighead River near MeafordRiver gauge, Bighead River	10.37 m	Low	−0.03 m	50 km
Saugeen River near WalkertonRiver gauge, Saugeen River	9.41 m	Normal	−0.02 m	63 km
Camp Creek at Allan ParkRiver gauge, Camp Creek	3.79 m	Low	−0.02 m	63 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Sauble River at Sauble Falls in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.91 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.77 m and 1.22 m, based on 20 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 0.77 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Sauble River at Sauble Falls today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 06:30 PM EDT, the water level was 0.77 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Sauble River at Sauble Falls rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Sauble River at Sauble Falls normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 20 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:02FA001 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 44.67753, -81.25606 (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	0.77 m	2026-10-18 22:30	Provisional
Flow	1.83 m³/s	2026-10-18 22:30	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Sauble River at Sauble Falls (eccc:02FA001). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/sauble-river-at-sauble-falls

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