Vaseux Lake near the Outlet water level

Name: Vaseux Lake near the Outlet 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

Lake, Vaseux Lake, British Columbia, Canada

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High for mid-October

Water level

7.88m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 AM MDT (1 hour ago)

History

7 days 30 days 10 years Years compared

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Vaseux Lake near the Outlet is above normal at 7.88 m.

The median for mid-October is 7.80 m, based on 11 years of readings, so the water level is 0.08 m above typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 7.86 m and 7.91 m.

Lakes and reservoirs often sit lower in fall after a summer of evaporation and use, and recover with winter rain and spring snowmelt.

Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 7.80 m0.08 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 7.76 m – 7.88 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 7.86 m – 7.91 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 7.86 m – 7.95 m

On the water at Vaseux Lake near the Outlet

With the level a bit above normal, expect a shoreline slightly higher up than usual and the odd floating branch.

Wear a life jacket on the water. Most boating deaths involve people who were not wearing one.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 15° 4° – Wind 20 km/h

21 Wed 21° 8° – Wind 21 km/h

22 Thu 21° 8° – Wind 8 km/h

23 Fri 15° 5° – Wind 22 km/h

24 Sat 15° 2° – Wind 10 km/h

25 Sun 13° 4° – Wind 15 km/h

26 Mon 14° 1° – Wind 7 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:27 AM Sunset 07:00 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min Waxing gibbous 70%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Okanagan River below McIntyre DamRiver gauge, Okanagan River	1.18 m	Very low	±0	1.8 km
Okanagan River at Okanagan FallsRiver gauge, Okanagan River	1.37 m	Very low	±0	8.6 km
Vaseux Creek above Solco CreekRiver gauge, Vaseux Creek	0.92 m	Very low	±0	15 km
Skaha Lake at Okanagan FallsLake, Skaha Lake	2.42 m	Normal	±0	17 km
Okanagan River near OliverRiver gauge, Okanagan River	0.63 m	Very low	−0.01 m	18 km
Inkaneep Creek near the MouthRiver gauge, Inkaneep Creek	1.19 m	Very low	±0	22 km
Keremeos Creek below Willis IntakeRiver gauge, Keremeos Creek	0.58 m	Very low	±0	22 km
Shatford Creek near PentictonRiver gauge, Shatford Creek	1.06 m	Very low	±0	24 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Vaseux Lake near the Outlet in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 7.80 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 7.76 m and 7.88 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of Vaseux Lake near the Outlet today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 AM MDT, the water level was 7.88 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Vaseux Lake near the Outlet rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Vaseux Lake near the Outlet normal?

High for mid-October. Compared with 11 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:08NM243 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.27319, -119.52551 (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	7.88 m	2026-10-20 17:30	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Vaseux Lake near the Outlet (eccc:08NM243). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/vaseux-lake-near-the-outlet

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