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Cromer water level

Tidal gauge, Norfolk, United Kingdom

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Surface elevation

1.10m Down 0.56 m over the last 24 hours

1 2 3 4 Highest onrecord 3.76 m

History

History
-202mOct 10Oct 12Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17-202mOct 10Oct 13Oct 17
-202mSep 17Sep 24Oct 2Oct 9Oct 17-202mSep 17Oct 2Oct 17
Surface elevation

What this means

The Environment Agency has Cromer at 1.10 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this tidal gauge yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It is still going down, by 0.56 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is −2.04 m – 2.92 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.62 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
−2.04 m – 2.92 m
Highest on record
3.76 mDecember 5, 2013

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 11° 1.1 mm, 88% Wind 34 km/h
18 Sun 14° 11° 5.0 mm, 68% Wind 39 km/h
19 Mon 14° 11° 0.9 mm, 61% Wind 23 km/h
20 Tue 14° 13° 0.5 mm, 30% Wind 25 km/h
21 Wed 13° 8° 6.9 mm, 37% Wind 19 km/h
22 Thu 11° 8° 6.5 mm, 29% Wind 46 km/h
23 Fri 12° 6° 3.1 mm, 52% Wind 37 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:25 AM Sunset 05:57 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min First quarter 39%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
IngworthRiver gauge, River Bure 0.19 m Very low ±0 13 km
CorpustyRiver gauge, River Bure 0.11 m Normal ±0 16 km
HunworthRiver gauge, River Glaven 0.16 m Normal −0.01 m 17 km
Wayford BridgeTidal gauge, River Ant 0.58 m Normal +0.03 m 22 km
Barton BroadTidal gauge, River Ant 0.52 m Normal +0.02 m 25 km
SpixworthRiver gauge, Spixworth Beck 0.09 m Normal ±0 26 km
Hoveton BroadTidal gauge, River Bure 0.52 m Normal +0.03 m 27 km
WarhamRiver gauge, River Stiffkey 0.53 m Normal +0.02 m 27 km

Questions and answers

Is Cromer really 1.10 m deep?

No. 1.10 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of Cromer today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 09:30 BST, the surface elevation was 1.10 m. Down 0.56 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Cromer rising or falling?

Down 0.56 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.62 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Cromer 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 Cromer?

The highest level on record is 3.76 m on December 5, 2013.

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:E71239 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.93432, 1.30162 (WGS84)
Vertical datum
ODN
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
Surface elevation 1.10 m 2026-10-17 08:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Cromer (ea:E71239). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/norfolk/cromer

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.