Baits Bite Lock Sluice Automation Dual Comms water level

Name: Baits Bite Lock Sluice Automation Dual Comms water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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Water level

3.81m Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST (59 min ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

The Environment Agency has Baits Bite Lock Sluice Automation Dual Comms at 3.81 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 on the way up, by 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 3.77 m – 3.87 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.04 m.

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

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 3.77 m – 3.87 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 3.80 m – 3.85 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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 5.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 7° 3.9 mm, 100% Wind 19 km/h

19 Mon 14° 10° 1.7 mm, 99% Wind 11 km/h

20 Tue 14° 11° 14 mm, 75% Wind 14 km/h

21 Wed 14° 7° 15 mm, 56% Wind 32 km/h

22 Thu 10° 5° 1.8 mm, 42% Wind 19 km/h

23 Fri 13° 8° 20 mm, 76% Wind 35 km/h

24 Sat 13° 5° 0.6 mm, 42% Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:31 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 27 min First quarter 58%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Cambridge Baits BiteRiver gauge, River Cam	0.21 m	Low	+0.03 m	0.1 km
LodeRiver gauge, Quy Water	0.06 m	Very low	±0	4.4 km
Cambridge Jesus LockRiver gauge, River Cam	0.72 m	Normal	−0.01 m	4.6 km
GirtonRiver gauge, Washpit Brook	0.83 m	Normal	+0.02 m	6.8 km
Bin BrookRiver gauge	0.18 m	Normal	+0.01 m	7.4 km
OakingtonRiver gauge, Oakington Brook	0.26 m	Normal	+0.22 m	8.5 km
Cambridge Byron's PoolRiver gauge, River Rhee	0.46 m	Low	±0	8.9 km
StaplefordRiver gauge, River Granta	0.03 m	Very low	±0	11 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 3.81 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Baits Bite Lock Sluice Automation Dual Comms today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST, the water level was 3.81 m. Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Baits Bite Lock Sluice Automation Dual Comms rising or falling?

Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.04 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Baits Bite Lock Sluice Automation Dual Comms normal?

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

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency 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 Environment Agency, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:E23983
Coordinates: 52.23611, 0.17617 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Environment Agency data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	3.81 m	2026-10-19 09:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Baits Bite Lock Sluice Automation Dual Comms (ea:E23983). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cambridgeshire/baits-bite-lock-sluice-automation-dual-comms

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