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Wisbech Tidal Wits water level

Tidal gauge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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Surface elevation

1.44m Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

Flow
2.45 m³/s
1.0 1.5 2.0

History

History
-024mOct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17Oct 19-024mOct 12Oct 16Oct 19
-024mSep 19Sep 27Oct 4Oct 12Oct 19-024mSep 19Oct 4Oct 19
Surface elevation

What this means

The Environment Agency has Wisbech Tidal Wits at 1.44 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this tidal gauge yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It is on the way up, by 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is −0.96 m – 4.34 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.92 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
−0.96 m – 4.34 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.37 m – 1.28 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 6° 1.4 mm, 92% Wind 26 km/h
18 Sun 14° 7° 9.7 mm, 76% Wind 28 km/h
19 Mon 15° 11° 3.8 mm, 88% Wind 13 km/h
20 Tue 13° 11° 1.1 mm, 42% Wind 16 km/h
21 Wed 12° 9° 15 mm, 42% Wind 25 km/h
22 Thu 13° 5° 0.4 mm, 30% Wind 24 km/h
23 Fri 13° 9° 9.6 mm, 62% Wind 41 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:32 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 25 min First quarter 59%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Rings End Sluice Auto WitsRiver gauge 1.04 m No reference yet +0.01 m 9.5 km
Welney CausewayRiver gauge, River Great Ouse 0.62 m Low −0.05 m 18 km
Setchey BridgeRiver gauge, River Nar 0.39 m Normal +0.04 m 18 km
Little BridgeRiver gauge, River Nene 0.57 m Normal +0.01 m 22 km
Welches DamRiver gauge, Counter Drain 0.92 m Low −0.01 m 24 km
MarhamRiver gauge, River Nar 0.08 m Very low ±0 26 km
Surfleet SluiceRiver gauge, River Glen 0.84 m Normal ±0 26 km
Wissey SluiceRiver gauge, River Wissey 1.62 m Very low +0.02 m 27 km

Questions and answers

Is Wisbech Tidal Wits really 1.44 m deep?

No. 1.44 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of Wisbech Tidal Wits today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 13:30 BST, the surface elevation was 1.44 m. Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Wisbech Tidal Wits rising or falling?

Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.92 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Wisbech Tidal Wits 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:E4835
Coordinates
52.66721, 0.15911 (WGS84)
Vertical datum
ODN
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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Surface elevation 1.44 m 2026-10-19 12:30 Provisional
Flow 2.45 m³/s 2026-10-19 12:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Wisbech Tidal Wits (ea:E4835). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cambridgeshire/wisbech-tidal-wits

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.