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Ballina water level

Estuary gauge, Moy Estuary, Mayo, Ireland

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Latest reading

Water level

0.98m Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

1 2 3 Highest onrecord 3.04 m

History

0.981.001.021.04mOct 16Oct 16Oct 16Oct 16Oct 170.981.001.021.04mOct 16Oct 16Oct 17
Water level

What this means

The latest water level reported for Ballina is 0.98 m. There is no published reference for this estuary yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The level is falling, down 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.98 m and 1.05 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Highest on record
3.04 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 20 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 4° – Wind 9 km/h
18 Sun 12° 4° – Wind 14 km/h
19 Mon 12° 8° – Wind 14 km/h
20 Tue 13° 7° 1.7 mm, 47% Wind 26 km/h
21 Wed 10° 6° 15 mm, 60% Wind 42 km/h
22 Thu 10° 5° 1.8 mm, 61% Wind 17 km/h
23 Fri 8° 5° 8.6 mm, 87% Wind 48 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:08 AM Sunset 06:37 PM Daylight 10 hr, 28 min First quarter 38%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
KnockaneloRiver gauge, Scruffaunbrogue 0.37 m Normal −0.01 m 1.1 km
Rahans MoyRiver gauge, Moy 1.06 m Normal −0.05 m 1.6 km
Knockglass HouseRiver gauge, Deel (Crossmolina) 1.06 m Normal −0.09 m 10 km
GortnarabyLake, L. Conn 1.65 m Normal ±0 10 km
Mullenmore SpringRiver gauge, Deel (Crossmolina) 0.56 m Normal ±0 11 km
CrossmolinaRiver gauge, Deel (Crossmolina) 0.25 m Normal −0.06 m 11 km
Crossmolina U/SRiver gauge, Deel (Crossmolina) 0.24 m Normal −0.06 m 11 km
Chapel ViewRiver gauge, Deel (Crossmolina) 1.02 m Normal −0.09 m 12 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Ballina today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 07:00 GMT+1, the water level was 0.98 m. Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Ballina rising or falling?

Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Ballina normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Ballina?

The highest level on record is 3.04 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.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie), the official operator of this gauge, and are published under CC BY 4.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code
opw:34061 (Agency page)
Coordinates
54.11718, -9.14678 (WGS84)
Vertical datum
OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero
0.180 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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.98 m 2026-10-17 06:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Ballina (opw:34061). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/mayo/ballina

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