Clonakilty water level

Name: Clonakilty water level (Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie))
Creator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

River gauge, Fealge, Cork, Ireland

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

-0.01m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 05:00 GMT+1 (9 min ago)

History

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What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Clonakilty, where the gauge shows −0.01 m.

The usual range here runs from −0.09 m to 0.36 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is −0.01 m – 0.00 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: −0.09 m – 0.36 m
Highest on record: 1.26 m

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 12 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 5° – Wind 12 km/h

18 Sun 14° 4° – Wind 9 km/h

19 Mon 13° 2° 0.2 mm, 23% Wind 10 km/h

20 Tue 13° 9° 7.0 mm, 64% Wind 24 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 0.6 mm, 60% Wind 41 km/h

22 Thu 13° 6° 0.3 mm, 65% Wind 23 km/h

23 Fri 11° 6° 40 mm, 87% Wind 51 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:03 AM Sunset 06:40 PM Daylight 10 hr, 37 min First quarter 37%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bealaboy BridgeRiver gauge, Bandon	0.39 m	Normal	−0.01 m	16 km
BandonRiver gauge	0.54 m	Normal	−0.02 m	18 km
Long Bridge DunmanwayRiver gauge, Bandon	−0.26 m	Normal	−0.01 m	18 km
Ardcahan BridgeRiver gauge, Bandon	0.21 m	Normal	−0.01 m	20 km
CurranureRiver gauge, Bandon	0.42 m	Normal	−0.02 m	22 km
Coolmucky BridgeRiver gauge, Bride (Cork)	0.37 m	Normal	+0.05 m	28 km
CooldanielRiver gauge, Lee	0.57 m	Normal	−0.01 m	28 km
Cooleen BridgeRiver gauge, Toon	−0.01 m	Normal	−0.01 m	30 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Fealge at Clonakilty?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) gives a typical range of −0.09 m to 0.36 m for this gauge.

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 −0.01 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Clonakilty today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 05:00 GMT+1, the water level was −0.01 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Clonakilty rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Clonakilty normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Clonakilty?

The highest level on record is 1.26 m.

How often is this data updated?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code: opw:20019 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.62263, -8.89424 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 3.067 m
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Contains Irish Public Sector Information licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence (source waterlevel.ie - provided by the Office of Public Works)

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	−0.01 m	2026-10-17 04:00	Provisional

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Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Clonakilty (opw:20019). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/cork/clonakilty

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