Great Eau Outfall Sluice Saltfleet water level

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

River gauge, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

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Surface elevation

0.22m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 03:30 BST (37 min ago)

History

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Surface elevation

What this means

The Environment Agency has Great Eau Outfall Sluice Saltfleet at 0.22 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 has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.21 m – 0.63 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to 0.00 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: 0.21 m – 0.63 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.22 m – 0.62 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: 3.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 10° 0.6 mm, 66% Wind 30 km/h

19 Mon 14° 11° 8.9 mm, 100% Wind 33 km/h

20 Tue 14° 12° 9.4 mm, 59% Wind 24 km/h

21 Wed 13° 7° 10 mm, 49% Wind 36 km/h

22 Thu 11° 5° 1.2 mm, 46% Wind 29 km/h

23 Fri 14° 9° 29 mm, 71% Wind 52 km/h

24 Sat 12° 6° 1.2 mm, 49% Wind 41 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:35 AM Sunset 05:54 PM Daylight 10 hr, 19 min First quarter 64%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Black Gowt Outfall Saltfleet WitsRiver gauge	1.35 m	No reference yet	±0	0.4 km
Cloves Bridge GS Saltfleetby All SaintsRiver gauge	1.42 m	No reference yet	+0.02 m	2.9 km
Woldgrift Drain Outfall Mablethorpe WitsRiver gauge	−0.12 m	No reference yet	+0.16 m	11 km
Woldgrift Drain Outfall Mablethorpe WitsRiver gauge	0.03 m	No reference yet	+0.15 m	11 km
Covenham St Mary GS WitsRiver gauge	3.50 m	No reference yet	±0	12 km
Louth Tilting Gate SluiceRiver gauge	14.67 m	No reference yet	−0.04 m	13 km
LouthRiver gauge, River Lud	0.06 m	Low	−0.01 m	13 km
HumberstonRiver gauge, Buck Beck	1.97 m	Normal	−0.03 m	19 km

Questions and answers

Is Great Eau Outfall Sluice Saltfleet really 0.22 m deep?

No. 0.22 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 Great Eau Outfall Sluice Saltfleet today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 03:30 BST, the surface elevation was 0.22 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Great Eau Outfall Sluice Saltfleet rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Great Eau Outfall Sluice Saltfleet 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:E1139
Coordinates: 53.41597, 0.19346 (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

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Surface elevation	0.22 m	2026-10-20 02:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Great Eau Outfall Sluice Saltfleet (ea:E1139). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lincolnshire/great-eau-outfall-sluice-saltfleet

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