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Weymouth water level

Tidal gauge, Dorset, United Kingdom

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Surface elevation

0.05m Up 0.16 m over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 Highest onrecord 1.89 m

History

History
-01mOct 11Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 18-01mOct 11Oct 14Oct 18
-01mSep 18Sep 25Oct 3Oct 10Oct 18-01mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18
Surface elevation

What this means

Weymouth reads 0.05 m as of 18 Oct 2026, 01:30 BST. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this tidal gauge yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It has risen 0.16 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between −0.67 m and 1.74 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.45 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
−0.67 m – 1.74 m
Highest on record
1.89 mFebruary 3, 2026

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 7.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 15° 8° – Wind 22 km/h
18 Sun 14° 7° 0.3 mm Wind 22 km/h
19 Mon 14° 9° 1.0 mm, 69% Wind 25 km/h
20 Tue 14° 10° 4.2 mm, 69% Wind 17 km/h
21 Wed 16° 8° 0.9 mm, 75% Wind 32 km/h
22 Thu 14° 6° 19 mm, 86% Wind 24 km/h
23 Fri 13° 9° 31 mm, 88% Wind 44 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 06:14 PM Daylight 10 hr, 36 min First quarter 45%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Preston Fisherbridge RlRiver gauge 0.08 m Normal ±0 4.6 km
BroadweyRiver gauge, River Wey 0.14 m Very low −0.01 m 5.3 km
Bank BarrowGroundwater well 44.90 m Low −0.01 m 6.6 km
UpweyRiver gauge, River Wey 0.13 m Normal +0.02 m 6.8 km
Upwey CulvertRiver gauge, River Wey −0.02 m Lowest on record ±0 6.8 km
Ashton FarmGroundwater well 63.68 m Lowest on record −0.01 m 9.4 km
Louds MillRiver gauge, River Frome 0.07 m Low ±0 12 km
Winterbourne SteepletonRiver gauge 0.05 m Very low ±0 12 km

Questions and answers

Is Weymouth really 0.05 m deep?

No. 0.05 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 Weymouth today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 01:30 BST, the surface elevation was 0.05 m. Up 0.16 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Weymouth rising or falling?

Up 0.16 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.45 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Weymouth 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 Weymouth?

The highest level on record is 1.89 m on February 3, 2026.

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:E72039 (Agency page)
Coordinates
50.60850, -2.44794 (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 0.05 m 2026-10-18 00:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Weymouth (ea:E72039). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/dorset/weymouth

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.