Dover water level

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

Tidal gauge, Kent, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

2.36m Down 0.13 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST (1 hour ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level

What this means

Dover reads 2.36 m as of 17 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST. There is no published reference for this tidal gauge yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has dropped 0.13 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 1.02 m and 7.29 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −4.75 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: 1.02 m – 7.29 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 9° 1.6 mm, 82% Wind 27 km/h

18 Sun 13° 9° 17 mm, 99% Wind 32 km/h

19 Mon 13° 10° 3.4 mm, 61% Wind 23 km/h

20 Tue 15° 13° 2.4 mm, 35% Wind 21 km/h

21 Wed 14° 9° 1.3 mm, 55% Wind 52 km/h

22 Thu 14° 8° 0.8 mm, 33% Wind 49 km/h

23 Fri 13° 10° 3.2 mm, 60% Wind 46 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:22 AM Sunset 06:00 PM Daylight 10 hr, 38 min First quarter 39%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Crabble MillRiver gauge, River Dour	0.13 m	Normal	±0	3.8 km
Alkham ValleyGroundwater well	33.96 m	Normal	−0.02 m	6.6 km
Black Bull RoadRiver gauge, Pent Stream	0.07 m	Lowest on record	±0	11 km
North ElhamGroundwater well	53.35 m	Normal	−0.05 m	15 km
Sandwich QuayRiver gauge, River Stour	0.23 m	Very low	−0.02 m	18 km
Wingham RoadGroundwater well	4.02 m	Low	−0.01 m	20 km
BekesbourneRiver gauge, Nailbourne	0.77 m	Normal	±0	20 km
LittlebourneRiver gauge, Little Stour	0.00 m	Lowest on record	±0	21 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Dover today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST, the water level was 2.36 m. Down 0.13 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Dover rising or falling?

Down 0.13 m over the last 24 hours. Down 4.75 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Dover 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:E71624
Coordinates: 51.11438, 1.32249 (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	2.36 m	2026-10-17 10:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Dover (ea:E71624). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/kent/dover-e71624

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