Port Bridge water level

Name: Port Bridge 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, Swilly Estuary, Donegal, Ireland

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Latest reading

Water level

-0.82m Up 0.50 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 16:15 GMT+1 (1 hour ago)

History

7 days

Water level

What this means

The latest water level reported for Port Bridge is −0.82 m. There is no published reference for this estuary yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The water is rising: up 0.50 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between −1.11 m and 1.32 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: 3.18 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 22 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 5° – Wind 8 km/h

18 Sun 13° 2° – Wind 10 km/h

19 Mon 12° 0° – Wind 12 km/h

20 Tue 14° 7° – Wind 26 km/h

21 Wed 9° 6° 14 mm, 57% Wind 31 km/h

22 Thu 10° 3° 1.2 mm, 59% Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 8° 1° 7.4 mm, 89% Wind 45 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:04 AM Sunset 06:30 PM Daylight 10 hr, 25 min First quarter 41%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
New MillsTidal gauge, Swilly	0.40 m	Normal	−0.13 m	6.9 km
AghawoneyRiver gauge, Leannan	1.49 m	Normal	−0.11 m	11 km
Gartan BridgeRiver gauge, Leannan	0.68 m	Normal	−0.07 m	13 km
Sandy MillsRiver gauge, Deele	0.45 m	Normal	−0.10 m	15 km
BallybofeyRiver gauge, Finn (Donegal)	0.95 m	Normal	−0.40 m	17 km
Burnfoot Pumping StationRiver gauge, Burnfoot	0.49 m	Normal	−0.03 m	25 km
TullyarvanTidal gauge, Crana	0.47 m	Normal	−0.17 m	27 km
GlentiesRiver gauge, Stracashel	0.81 m	Normal	−0.11 m	40 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Port Bridge today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 16:15 GMT+1, the water level was −0.82 m. Up 0.50 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Port Bridge rising or falling?

Up 0.50 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Port 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 Port Bridge?

The highest level on record is 3.18 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:39061 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.94845, -7.71415 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 0.194 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	−0.82 m	2026-10-17 15:15	Provisional

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How to cite

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Port Bridge (opw:39061). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/donegal/port-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.

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