Seal River below Great Island water level
River gauge, Seal River, Manitoba, Canada
Right now
Low for mid-October
Water level
- Flow
- 353 m³/s
History
What this means
At 121.15 m, the Seal River below Great Island is below normal for mid-October.
The level is falling, down 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 121.15 m and 121.31 m.
Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.
Compared with 5 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels
Key numbers
- Lowest and highest in 30 days
- 121.15 m – 121.31 m
- Lowest and highest in 12 months
- 121.15 m – 121.31 m
Conditions at Seal River below Great Island
Low water means shallow riffles on canoe trips and warmer water for fish.
Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.
Weather at the gauge
Rain in the last 3 days: 5.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.
Forecast: Open-Meteo
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Questions and answers
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 121.15 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.
What is the water level of Seal River below Great Island today?
On Oct 16, 2026, 10:30 AM CDT, the water level was 121.15 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.
Is Seal River below Great Island rising or falling?
Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.04 m over the last 7 days.
Is the level of Seal River below Great Island normal?
Low for mid-October. Compared with 5 years of daily readings for this time of year.
How often is this data updated?
Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.
Where does this data come from?
The values come directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. We do not estimate or model live values.
For specialists
Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
- Operator
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
- Station code
eccc:06GD001(Agency page)- Coordinates
58.89129, -96.27669(WGS84)- Vertical datum
- station datum (assumed datum)
- Update interval
- every hour
- Licence
- Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Published series
| Parameter | Last value | Time (UTC) | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water level | 121.15 m | 2026-10-16 15:30 | Provisional |
| Flow | 353 m³/s | 2026-10-19 01:30 | Provisional |
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How to cite
Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Seal River below Great Island (eccc:06GD001). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/manitoba/seal-river-below-great-island
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