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Gwithian water level

River gauge, River Red, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.59m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.5 0.8 1.0 1.3 Highest onrecord 1.38 m Lowest on record 0.64 m

History

0.60.70.8mOct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 15Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.60.70.8mOct 10Oct 14Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.60.81.0mSep 17Sep 25Oct 2Oct 10Oct 17Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.60.81.0mSep 17Oct 2Oct 17Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.59 m, the River Red at Gwithian is at a record low.

It has now dropped past the published record low of 0.64 m (March 28, 2012). The usual range here runs from 0.66 m to 1.09 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.52 m and 1.13 m.

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

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range
0.66 m – 1.09 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.52 m – 1.13 m
Highest on record
1.38 mNovember 25, 2012
Lowest on record
0.64 mMarch 28, 2012
Lowest on record
0.05 m below the lowest level on record

On the river at Gwithian

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Red

River Rede

The Rede is a river in Northumberland, England. The river rises on Carter Fell on the Anglo-Scottish border feeding Catcleugh Reservoir and joins the River North Tyne below the village of Redesmouth. The Rede is one of only two rivers in the North East of England that has the freshwater pearl mussel in its waters.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 8° – Wind 25 km/h
18 Sun 13° 5° – Wind 18 km/h
19 Mon 12° 8° 4.1 mm, 53% Wind 23 km/h
20 Tue 14° 5° – Wind 11 km/h
21 Wed 12° 10° 5.7 mm, 65% Wind 43 km/h
22 Thu 13° 11° 18 mm, 71% Wind 28 km/h
23 Fri 14° 10° 37 mm, 84% Wind 43 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:47 AM Sunset 06:28 PM Daylight 10 hr, 41 min First quarter 42%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
St Ives Consols FarmRiver gauge, River Stennack 0.05 m Very low −0.01 m 8.2 km
St ErthRiver gauge, River Hayle 0.18 m Very low −0.01 m 8.7 km
RelubbusRiver gauge, River Hayle 0.04 m Lowest on record −0.01 m 10 km
TrenearRiver gauge, River Cober 0.36 m Normal −0.01 m 14 km
BoscadjackRiver gauge, River Cober 0.30 m Low −0.02 m 14 km
Helston County BridgeRiver gauge, River Cober 0.20 m Very low −0.02 m 16 km
Penzance AlvertonRiver gauge, Lariggan River 0.07 m Very low ±0 17 km
Loe PoolRiver gauge, River Cober 3.55 m Normal ±0 18 km

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

What is the water level of Gwithian today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 15:15 BST, the water level was 0.59 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Gwithian rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Gwithian normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Gwithian?

The highest level on record is 1.38 m on November 25, 2012. The lowest is 0.64 m on March 28, 2012.

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:48186 (Agency page)
Coordinates
50.22959, -5.38868 (WGS84)
Vertical datum
station datum
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
Water level 0.59 m 2026-10-17 14:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Gwithian (ea:48186). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cornwall/gwithian

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