Portrush water level

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

Tidal gauge, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

0.00m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 20:00 BST (52 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level

What this means

The latest water level reported for Portrush is 0.00 m. 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 barely moved over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.00 m and 3.94 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −2.26 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: 0.00 m – 3.94 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.00 m – 1.74 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 12° 2° – Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 13° 5° – Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 11° 4° 6.0 mm, 54% Wind 40 km/h

22 Thu 10° 4° 0.3 mm, 74% Wind 29 km/h

23 Fri 9° 7° 14 mm, 92% Wind 54 km/h

24 Sat 14° 6° 2.2 mm, 65% Wind 45 km/h

25 Sun 17° 8° 4.6 mm, 75% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:04 AM Sunset 06:20 PM Daylight 10 hr, 16 min First quarter 62%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
PortrushTidal gauge	−1.24 m	No reference yet	±0	0.0 km
BallyloskeyTidal gauge, Ballywilly Brook	0.57 m	Normal	−0.01 m	39 km
Malin HeadTidal gauge	2.77 m	No reference yet	−0.18 m	47 km
Burnfoot Pumping StationRiver gauge, Burnfoot	0.46 m	Normal	−0.01 m	48 km
TullyarvanTidal gauge, Crana	0.35 m	Normal	−0.03 m	51 km
Sandy MillsRiver gauge, Deele	0.36 m	Normal	−0.03 m	71 km
BangorTidal gauge	0.50 m	No reference yet	+0.81 m	86 km
BangorTidal gauge	2.51 m	No reference yet	+0.81 m	86 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Portrush today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 20:00 BST, the water level was 0.00 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Portrush rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 2.26 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Portrush 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:E73924
Coordinates: 55.20108, -6.65123 (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	0.00 m	2026-10-19 19:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Portrush (ea:E73924). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/northern-ireland/portrush-e73924

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