Keale Bridge water level

Name: Keale Bridge water level (Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie))
Creator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

River gauge, Blackwater (Munster), Cork, Ireland

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.50m Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 08:15 GMT+1 (18 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The Blackwater (Munster) at Keale Bridge is at 0.50 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.30 m to 1.27 m.

It has dropped 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.50 m and 0.54 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: 0.30 m – 1.27 m
Highest on record: 3.37 m

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the OPW and Met Éireann.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 14 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 0° – Wind 10 km/h

18 Sun 13° -1° – Wind 5 km/h

19 Mon 12° -1° – Wind 9 km/h

20 Tue 13° 3° 3.2 mm, 65% Wind 22 km/h

21 Wed 10° 5° 5.8 mm, 69% Wind 41 km/h

22 Thu 11° 5° – Wind 23 km/h

23 Fri 8° 4° 30 mm, 88% Wind 43 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:05 AM Sunset 06:40 PM Daylight 10 hr, 35 min First quarter 38%

Map

Other gauges on the Blackwater (Munster)

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Lombardstown BridgeRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	0.28 m	Normal	−0.02 m	17 km
Mallow Railway BridgeRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	0.74 m	Normal	−0.03 m	26 km
BallydahinRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	0.76 m	Normal	−0.03 m	26 km
Mallow Town Bridge U/SRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	1.36 m	Normal	−0.01 m	27 km
Mallow Town Bridge D/SRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	1.24 m	Normal	−0.02 m	27 km
CastlelandsRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	0.95 m	Normal	−0.04 m	28 km
KillavullenRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	1.37 m	Normal	−0.03 m	36 km
Fermoy U/S RowingRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	−0.32 m	Normal	−0.08 m	51 km
Fermoy Bridge U/SRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	−0.29 m	Normal	−0.08 m	52 km
Fermoy Bridge D/SRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	0.21 m	Normal	−0.05 m	52 km
Fermoy MillRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	0.89 m	Normal	−0.05 m	52 km
GlandalaneRiver gauge, Blackwater (Munster)	1.13 m	Normal	−0.02 m	56 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Ahane BridgeRiver gauge, Owentaraglin	0.46 m	Normal	−0.04 m	7.2 km
Fr Murphy's BridgeRiver gauge, Glen	0.43 m	Normal	−0.01 m	10 km
Church StreetRiver gauge, Dalua	0.74 m	Normal	−0.02 m	13 km
Kilbrin RoadRiver gauge, Allow	0.53 m	Normal	−0.01 m	13 km
Morris's BridgeRiver gauge, Laney	0.31 m	Normal	−0.01 m	19 km
BallyvourneyRiver gauge, Sullane	0.44 m	Normal	−0.02 m	19 km
BallymakeraRiver gauge, Sullane	0.62 m	Normal	−0.02 m	19 km
KillaclugRiver gauge, Foherish	0.36 m	Normal	−0.01 m	20 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Blackwater (Munster) at Keale Bridge?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) gives a typical range of 0.30 m to 1.27 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 0.50 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Keale Bridge today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 08:15 GMT+1, the water level was 0.50 m. Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Keale Bridge rising or falling?

Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Keale Bridge 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 Keale Bridge?

The highest level on record is 3.37 m.

How often is this data updated?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) 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: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code: opw:18112 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.08967, -9.02865 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 85.293 m
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Contains Irish Public Sector Information licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence (source waterlevel.ie - provided by the Office of Public Works)

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.50 m	2026-10-17 07:15	Provisional

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Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Keale Bridge (opw:18112). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/cork/keale-bridge

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer