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River Wey at Unstead Sluice water level

River gauge, Surrey, United Kingdom

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Right now

Latest reading

Water level

4.32m Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

4.0 4.5 5.0

History

History
4.24.3mOct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17Oct 194.24.3mOct 12Oct 16Oct 19
4.14.24.3mSep 19Sep 27Oct 4Oct 12Oct 194.14.24.3mSep 19Oct 4Oct 19
Water level

What this means

The Environment Agency has River Wey at Unstead Sluice at 4.32 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It is still going down, by 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 4.08 m – 4.37 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.16 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
4.08 m – 4.37 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
4.05 m – 4.35 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: 6.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 13° 6° 0.9 mm, 57% Wind 14 km/h
20 Tue 13° 7° 16 mm, 100% Wind 14 km/h
21 Wed 13° 6° 9.0 mm, 56% Wind 40 km/h
22 Thu 13° 6° 5.2 mm, 85% Wind 25 km/h
23 Fri 13° 8° 21 mm, 96% Wind 44 km/h
24 Sat 13° 6° 6.7 mm, 65% Wind 29 km/h
25 Sun 18° 11° 3.8 mm, 52% Wind 36 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 06:03 PM Daylight 10 hr, 31 min First quarter 59%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
GodalmingRiver gauge, River Wey 0.55 m Normal +0.01 m 1.2 km
BramleyRiver gauge, Cranleigh Waters 2.22 m Normal +0.01 m 1.4 km
Borough RoadRiver gauge, River Wey 1.19 m Normal ±0 2.5 km
ShalfordRiver gauge, River Tillingbourne 0.11 m Normal +0.01 m 2.7 km
GuildfordRiver gauge, River Wey 1.24 m Very low ±0 4.2 km
AlburyRiver gauge, Law Brook 0.09 m Very high ±0 5.7 km
CranleighRiver gauge, Littlemead Brook 1.28 m Low +0.01 m 9.6 km
Flash BridgeRiver gauge, Cranleigh Waters 1.02 m Normal −0.01 m 10.0 km

Questions and answers

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 4.32 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of River Wey at Unstead Sluice today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST, the water level was 4.32 m. Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is River Wey at Unstead Sluice rising or falling?

Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.16 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of River Wey at Unstead Sluice 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:3057TH
Coordinates
51.19848, -0.58439 (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 4.32 m 2026-10-19 11:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: River Wey at Unstead Sluice (ea:3057TH). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/surrey/river-wey-at-unstead-sluice

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.