Sakeham Weir water level

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

River gauge, River Adur, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.21m Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 03:00 BST (34 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Sakeham Weir, where the gauge shows 0.21 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.16 m to 1.35 m.

It is still going down, by 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.21 m – 0.39 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: 0.16 m – 1.35 m
Highest on record: 2.90 mOctober 12, 2000
Lowest on record: 0.05 mMay 30, 2001

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 River Adur

The Adur is a river in Sussex, England; it gives its name to the Adur district of West Sussex. The river, which is 20 miles (32 km) long, was once navigable for large vessels up as far as Steyning, where there was a large Saxon port, but by the 11th century the lower river became silted up and the port moved down to the deeper waters at the mouth of the river in Shoreham-by-Sea.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 7° 10 mm, 71% Wind 19 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 1.7 mm, 55% Wind 12 km/h

20 Tue 13° 10° 9.4 mm, 61% Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 15° 7° 2.1 mm, 48% Wind 26 km/h

22 Thu 15° 5° 5.9 mm, 84% Wind 15 km/h

23 Fri 13° 7° 55 mm, 85% Wind 37 km/h

24 Sat 11° 2° – Wind 22 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 06:00 PM Daylight 10 hr, 28 min First quarter 64%

Map

Other gauges on the River Adur

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Beeding BridgeRiver gauge, River Adur	0.78 m	Normal	±0	8.8 km
Shoreham HarbourTidal gauge, River Adur	0.12 m	No reference yet	−1.00 m	14 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Provender MillRiver gauge, River Arun	35.12 m	Very low	−0.02 m	12 km
TanbridgeRiver gauge, River Arun	32.30 m	Normal	±0	12 km
ScrasebridgeRiver gauge, Salfords Stream	0.03 m	Normal	±0	14 km
ArdinglyRiver gauge, River Ouse	0.07 m	Normal	±0	15 km
Lindfield BridgeRiver gauge, River Ouse	1.42 m	Normal	−0.01 m	15 km
New BridgeRiver gauge, River Arun	6.62 m	Normal	−0.03 m	16 km
Pulborough Swan BridgeRiver gauge, River Arun	0.80 m	Normal	−0.06 m	17 km
AlfoldeanRiver gauge, River Arun	0.09 m	Low	+0.01 m	17 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Adur at Sakeham Weir?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.16 m to 1.35 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 0.21 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Sakeham Weir today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 03:00 BST, the water level was 0.21 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Sakeham Weir rising or falling?

Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Sakeham Weir 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 Sakeham Weir?

The highest level on record is 2.90 m on October 12, 2000. The lowest is 0.05 m on May 30, 2001.

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:E9130 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.95741, -0.26596 (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
Surface elevation	–	–	–
Water level	0.21 m	2026-10-20 02:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Sakeham Weir (ea:E9130). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/west-sussex/sakeham-weir

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