Ilfracombe water level

Name: Ilfracombe water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Tidal gauge, Devon, United Kingdom

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Water level

6.78m Down 0.94 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 09:00 BST (56 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level

What this means

Ilfracombe reads 6.78 m as of 17 Oct 2026, 09:00 BST. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this tidal gauge yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It has dropped 0.94 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.82 m and 9.79 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.66 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: 0.82 m – 9.79 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 11° – Wind 20 km/h

18 Sun 13° 7° – Wind 22 km/h

19 Mon 12° 10° 6.3 mm, 48% Wind 23 km/h

20 Tue 13° 6° 3.3 mm, 59% Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 14 mm, 65% Wind 55 km/h

22 Thu 13° 10° 4.5 mm, 67% Wind 31 km/h

23 Fri 13° 9° 18 mm, 82% Wind 55 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:21 PM Daylight 10 hr, 38 min First quarter 38%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Ilfracombe Hele Witheridge PlaceRiver gauge, Hele Stream	0.40 m	Normal	−0.01 m	1.0 km
Ilfracombe Saltmer CloseRiver gauge, West Wilder Brook	0.02 m	Normal	±0	2.4 km
Combe Martin Bowling Green LaneRiver gauge, River Umber	0.12 m	Low	±0	6.2 km
StoneybridgeRiver gauge, River Caen	0.00 m	Normal	−0.03 m	9.0 km
Plaistow MillRiver gauge, Bradiford Water	0.28 m	Normal	+0.01 m	11 km
Braunton Butts BridgeRiver gauge, River Caen	0.58 m	Normal	−0.05 m	12 km
Collard BridgeRiver gauge, River Yeo	0.38 m	Normal	−0.04 m	14 km
Portmarsh LaneRiver gauge, Coney Gut	0.26 m	Normal	+0.17 m	16 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Ilfracombe today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 09:00 BST, the water level was 6.78 m. Down 0.94 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Ilfracombe rising or falling?

Down 0.94 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.66 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Ilfracombe 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:E72424
Coordinates: 51.21112, -4.11235 (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	6.78 m	2026-10-17 08:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Ilfracombe (ea:E72424). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/devon/ilfracombe-e72424

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