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Scarborough water level

River gauge, Sea Cut, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.08m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.5 1.0 Highest onrecord 1.34 m Lowest on record 0.02 m

History

0.080.100.12mOct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 18Bottom of normal range0.080.100.12mOct 11Oct 15Oct 18Bottom of normal range
0.100.15mSep 18Sep 26Oct 3Oct 11Oct 18Bottom of normal range0.100.15mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18Bottom of normal range
Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Scarborough, where the gauge shows 0.08 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.08 m to 0.37 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.06 m – 0.17 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

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

Key numbers

Normal range
0.08 m – 0.37 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.06 m – 0.17 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.06 m – 0.11 m
Highest on record
1.34 mAugust 2, 2002
Lowest on record
0.02 mSeptember 13, 1990

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

About the Sea Cut

Scalby Beck

Scalby Beck, or the Sea Cut is a small river that enters the North Sea at Scalby Mills, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The beck is fed from local streams in Scalby, Newby and Burniston and other watercourses draining off the nearby hills. It is also a bypass channel for the upper reaches of the River Derwent when it is under flood conditions.

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: 9.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 9° 0.2 mm Wind 28 km/h
19 Mon 14° 12° 1.5 mm, 100% Wind 28 km/h
20 Tue 13° 11° 11 mm, 59% Wind 26 km/h
21 Wed 13° 7° 9.4 mm, 74% Wind 23 km/h
22 Thu 11° 5° – Wind 23 km/h
23 Fri 10° 3° 32 mm, 74% Wind 40 km/h
24 Sat 11° 4° 1.8 mm, 40% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:36 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min First quarter 53%

Map

Other gauges on the Sea Cut

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
ScalbyRiver gauge, Sea Cut 0.24 m Very low ±0 1.8 km
MowthorpeRiver gauge, Sea Cut −0.02 m Very low ±0 5.2 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Mowthorpe Weir HeadRiver gauge, River Derwent 41.18 m Very low ±0 5.9 km
Forge ValleyRiver gauge, River Derwent 0.15 m Low ±0 6.3 km
West AytonRiver gauge, River Derwent −0.20 m Lowest on record −0.01 m 6.9 km
Snainton IngsRiver gauge, Brompton Beck 0.04 m Low ±0 14 km
Levisham MillRiver gauge, Levisham Beck 0.04 m Low ±0 19 km
Thornton le DaleRiver gauge, Thornton Beck 0.07 m Low ±0 20 km
Levisham StationRiver gauge, Pickering Beck 0.23 m Low −0.02 m 21 km
Pickering Flood Alleviation SchemeRiver gauge, Pickering Beck 0.12 m Lowest on record −0.05 m 22 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Sea Cut at Scarborough?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.08 m to 0.37 m for this gauge.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.08 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Scarborough today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 22:30 BST, the water level was 0.08 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Scarborough rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Scarborough 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 Scarborough?

The highest level on record is 1.34 m on August 2, 2002. The lowest is 0.02 m on September 13, 1990.

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:F2603 (Agency page)
Coordinates
54.30158, -0.42330 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.08 m 2026-10-18 21:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Scarborough (ea:F2603). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/scarborough

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