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Warden Bay Rl water level

River gauge, Kent, United Kingdom

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Right now

Latest reading

Surface elevation

1.81m Up 0.11 m over the last 24 hours

1.5 2.0

History

History
1.701.751.80mOct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 181.701.751.80mOct 11Oct 15Oct 18
1.701.751.80mSep 18Sep 26Oct 3Oct 11Oct 181.701.751.80mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18
Surface elevation

What this means

Warden Bay Rl reads 1.81 m as of 18 Oct 2026, 19:45 BST. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It has risen 0.11 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 1.70 m and 1.81 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.10 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
1.70 m – 1.81 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
1.70 m – 1.74 m

Fishing and paddling

Watch the direction of travel. A rising river after rain behaves very differently from one that is dropping and clearing.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 0.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 8° – Wind 28 km/h
18 Sun 13° 9° 28 mm, 100% Wind 41 km/h
19 Mon 13° 9° 0.3 mm, 68% Wind 14 km/h
20 Tue 14° 12° 0.7 mm, 45% Wind 16 km/h
21 Wed 13° 11° 14 mm, 47% Wind 18 km/h
22 Thu 14° 6° 3.7 mm, 50% Wind 23 km/h
23 Fri 13° 8° 12 mm, 74% Wind 48 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:25 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 52%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Grasmere RoadRiver gauge, Swalecliffe Brook 8.27 m Very high +0.20 m 12 km
Whitstable RoadRiver gauge, West Brook 3.68 m Very high +0.18 m 13 km
Riddles LaneGroundwater well 17.60 m Normal +0.01 m 16 km
West Gate GardensRiver gauge, Great Stour 0.33 m Normal +0.13 m 18 km
Vauxhall BridgeRiver gauge, Great Stour 0.48 m Normal +0.19 m 18 km
Horton weirRiver gauge, Great Stour 0.18 m Normal +0.01 m 18 km
Fordwich River LevelRiver gauge, Great Stour 1.51 m Normal +0.07 m 19 km
BekesbourneRiver gauge, Nailbourne 0.77 m Normal ±0 23 km

Questions and answers

Is Warden Bay Rl really 1.81 m deep?

No. 1.81 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 Warden Bay Rl today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 19:45 BST, the surface elevation was 1.81 m. Up 0.11 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Warden Bay Rl rising or falling?

Up 0.11 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.10 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Warden Bay Rl normal?

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

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:E3050
Coordinates
51.40220, 0.90968 (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 1.81 m 2026-10-18 18:45 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Warden Bay Rl (ea:E3050). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/kent/warden-bay-rl

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.