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Beccles Quay water level

Tidal gauge, River Waveney, Norfolk, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Surface elevation

0.15m Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 Highest onrecord 1.49 m Lowest on record 0.51 m

History

-0.00.51.0mOct 11Oct 13Oct 14Oct 16Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range-0.00.51.0mOct 11Oct 14Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
-0.00.51.0mSep 18Sep 25Oct 3Oct 10Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range-0.00.51.0mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
Surface elevation Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Beccles Quay, where the gauge shows 0.15 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.00 m to 1.10 m.

It is still going down, by 0.05 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is −0.15 m – 0.98 m.

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range
0.00 m – 1.10 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
−0.15 m – 0.98 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.24 m – 0.64 m
Highest on record
1.49 mJanuary 4, 2003
Lowest on record
0.51 mMarch 24, 1998
Lowest on record
0.36 m below the lowest level on record

About the River Waveney

River Waveney

The River Waveney is a river which forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England, for much of its length within The Broads. The earliest attestation of the name is from 1275, Wahenhe, from *wagen + ea, meaning the river by a quagmire.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 9° 6.7 mm, 99% Wind 27 km/h
19 Mon 15° 11° 8.4 mm, 100% Wind 13 km/h
20 Tue 14° 12° 1.5 mm, 52% Wind 22 km/h
21 Wed 13° 10° 5.1 mm, 42% Wind 19 km/h
22 Thu 13° 5° 0.7 mm, 49% Wind 21 km/h
23 Fri 13° 8° 28 mm, 67% Wind 30 km/h
24 Sat 10° 4° 0.8 mm, 46% Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:25 AM Sunset 05:55 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 49%

Map

Other gauges on the River Waveney

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Burgh St PeterTidal gauge, River Waveney 0.17 m Normal −0.20 m 7.5 km
HaddiscoeTidal gauge, River Waveney 0.17 m Low −0.30 m 8.4 km
Oulton BroadRiver gauge, River Waveney 0.10 m Normal −0.23 m 10.0 km
NeedhamRiver gauge, River Waveney 0.21 m Low −0.01 m 22 km
BillingfordRiver gauge, River Waveney 0.11 m Very low −0.02 m 28 km
DissRiver gauge, River Waveney 0.25 m Normal −0.01 m 33 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
ReedhamRiver gauge, River Yare 0.71 m Normal −0.28 m 11 km
CantleyTidal gauge, River Yare 0.15 m Low −0.21 m 13 km
Burgh CastleTidal gauge, River Yare 0.18 m Low −0.38 m 14 km
Rockland St MaryTidal gauge, River Yare 0.34 m Normal −0.03 m 16 km
BramfieldRiver gauge, Bramfield Watercourse 0.19 m Normal +0.01 m 17 km
BrundallTidal gauge, River Yare 0.33 m Normal −0.10 m 19 km
HuntingfieldRiver gauge, Huntingfield Watercourse 1.27 m Normal +0.28 m 19 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Waveney at Beccles Quay?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.00 m to 1.10 m for this gauge.

Is Beccles Quay really 0.15 m deep?

No. 0.15 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 Beccles Quay today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST, the surface elevation was 0.15 m. Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Beccles Quay rising or falling?

Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.60 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Beccles Quay normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Beccles Quay?

The highest level on record is 1.49 m on January 4, 2003. The lowest is 0.51 m on March 24, 1998.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:E27431 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.46457, 1.56423 (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 0.15 m 2026-10-18 10:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Beccles Quay (ea:E27431). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/norfolk/beccles-quay

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