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Sandy Banks water level

River gauge, Suir, Waterford, Ireland

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Latest reading

Water level

0.51m Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.5 1.0

History

0.550.600.65mOct 12Oct 13Oct 14Oct 15Oct 170.550.600.65mOct 12Oct 14Oct 17
0.40.50.60.7mSep 19Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10Oct 170.40.50.60.7mSep 19Oct 3Oct 17
123mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026123mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026
123mJanMarMayJulSepNov2026123mJanAprJulOct2026

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Water level

What this means

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) has the Suir at Sandy Banks at 0.51 m. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It is still going down, by 0.05 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.37 m – 0.69 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.13 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Same day last year
0.47 m+0.04 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.37 m – 0.69 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.34 m – 3.07 m

For anglers and canoeists

Without a reference range, compare today with the chart: a sharp rise usually means coloured water.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

About the Suir

River Suir

The River Suir is a river in Ireland that flows into the Celtic Sea through Waterford after a distance of 185 kilometres (115 mi). The catchment area of the Suir is 3,610 km2. Its long-term average flow rate is 76.9 cubic metres per second (m3/s), about twice the flow of either the River Barrow or the River Nore before these join, but a little less than the Barrow's flow when it meets the Suir 20 km downstream.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 11 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 0° – Wind 10 km/h
18 Sun 13° 0° – Wind 6 km/h
19 Mon 11° 1° 1.0 mm, 71% Wind 10 km/h
20 Tue 14° 9° 5.3 mm, 67% Wind 26 km/h
21 Wed 11° 6° 8.1 mm, 63% Wind 24 km/h
22 Thu 13° 5° 0.3 mm, 90% Wind 17 km/h
23 Fri 10° 6° 9.0 mm, 68% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:02 AM Sunset 06:32 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 52%

Map

Other gauges on the Suir

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Workhouse BridgeRiver gauge, Suir 0.56 m Normal −0.02 m 1.9 km
Joyce's LaneRiver gauge, Suir 0.14 m Normal −0.02 m 2.6 km
KnockloftyRiver gauge, Suir −0.02 m Normal −0.04 m 3.3 km
ClonmelRiver gauge, Suir 0.29 m Normal −0.05 m 3.3 km
Newcastle BridgeRiver gauge, Suir 0.40 m Normal −0.03 m 8.9 km
ArdfinnanRiver gauge, Suir 1.01 m Normal −0.02 m 10 km
Caher ParkRiver gauge, Suir 0.27 m Normal −0.03 m 12 km
New Bridge SuirRiver gauge, Suir 0.24 m Normal −0.02 m 22 km
BeakstownRiver gauge, Suir 0.33 m Normal −0.01 m 35 km
ThurlesRiver gauge, Suir 0.29 m Normal −0.01 m 38 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Marlfield ReservoirReservoir, Marfield Lake 0.22 m Normal ±0 0.8 km
Fourmilewater FFWS Main LoggerRiver gauge, Nire 0.53 m Normal −0.02 m 7.8 km
AnnerRiver gauge 0.58 m Normal −0.01 m 8.8 km
Tar BridgeRiver gauge, Tar 0.54 m Normal −0.04 m 10 km

Questions and answers

Is the Suir at Sandy Banks higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.04 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.47 m.

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

What is the water level of Sandy Banks today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 23:45 GMT+1, the water level was 0.51 m. Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Sandy Banks rising or falling?

Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.13 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Sandy Banks normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:16146 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.34313, -7.74194 (WGS84)
Vertical datum
OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero
16.989 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 0.51 m 2026-10-17 22:45 Provisional

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How to cite

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Sandy Banks (opw:16146). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/waterford/sandy-banks

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