Skeena River above Babine River water level

Name: Skeena River above Babine River water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

River gauge, Skeena River, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

7.65m Down 0.28 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 05:55 AM PDT (2 hours ago)

Flow: 404 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Skeena River above Babine River reads 7.65 m, a normal level for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 7.05 m, based on 15 years of readings, so the water level is 0.59 m above typical.

The level is falling, down 0.28 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 6.55 m and 8.08 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 15 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 7.05 m0.59 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 6.56 m – 8.58 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 6.55 m – 8.08 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 6.56 m – 7.94 m

Conditions at Skeena River above Babine River

Paddlers should check the trend as well as the level; summer storms can raise rivers quickly.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the Skeena River

The Skeena River is the second-longest river entirely within British Columbia, Canada. Since ancient times, the Skeena has been an important transportation artery, particularly for the Tsimshian and the Gitxsan—whose names mean "inside the River of Mist", and "people of the River of Mist", respectively. The river and its basin sustain a wide variety of fish, wildlife, and vegetation, and communities native to the area depend on the health of the river. The Tsimshian migrated to the Lower Skeena River, and the Gitxsan occupy territory of the Upper Skeena.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 24 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 7° -2° 1.6 mm, 88% Wind 3 km/h

20 Tue 9° -5° – Wind 7 km/h

21 Wed 6° 2° 2.9 mm, 84% Wind 4 km/h

22 Thu 6° -1° – Wind 4 km/h

23 Fri 5° -4° – Wind 4 km/h

24 Sat 8° -10° – Wind 8 km/h

25 Sun 6° -7° – Wind 9 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:10 AM Sunset 06:22 PM Daylight 10 hr, 12 min First quarter 60%

Map

Other gauges on the Skeena River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Skeena River at Glen VowellRiver gauge, Skeena River	2.01 m	Normal	−0.22 m	46 km
Skeena River at UskRiver gauge, Skeena River	6.15 m	Very high	−0.11 m	129 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Kispiox River near HazeltonRiver gauge, Kispiox River	1.42 m	High	−0.04 m	32 km
Two Mile Creek in District Lot 4834River gauge, Two Mile Creek	0.33 m	Normal	±0	47 km
Driftwood River above Kastberg CreekRiver gauge, Driftwood River	1.75 m	High	−0.04 m	69 km
Babine River at Outlet of Nilkitkwa LakeRiver gauge, Babine River	0.26 m	Low	±0	70 km
Babine River at BabineRiver gauge, Babine River	0.70 m	Low	−0.03 m	80 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Skeena River above Babine River in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 7.05 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 6.56 m and 8.58 m, based on 15 years of records.

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 7.65 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Skeena River above Babine River today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 05:55 AM PDT, the water level was 7.65 m. Down 0.28 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Skeena River above Babine River rising or falling?

Down 0.28 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.68 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Skeena River above Babine River normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 15 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:08EB005 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 55.71708, -127.68672 (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	7.65 m	2026-10-19 12:55	Provisional
Flow	404 m³/s	2026-10-19 12:55	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Skeena River above Babine River (eccc:08EB005). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/skeena-river-above-babine-river

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer