Plymouth water level

Name: Plymouth water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Tidal gauge, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

2.31m Up 0.09 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 03:45 BST (50 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level

What this means

Plymouth reads 2.31 m as of 18 Oct 2026, 03:45 BST. There is no published reference for this tidal gauge yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has risen 0.09 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.88 m and 5.99 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −1.78 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: 0.88 m – 5.99 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 3.38 m – 3.74 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 14° 7° – Wind 14 km/h

19 Mon 14° 9° 1.2 mm, 83% Wind 22 km/h

20 Tue 14° 8° 0.2 mm, 37% Wind 16 km/h

21 Wed 13° 10° 9.0 mm, 65% Wind 34 km/h

22 Thu 15° 10° 9.0 mm, 89% Wind 24 km/h

23 Fri 12° 8° 14 mm, 92% Wind 37 km/h

24 Sat 12° 7° 9.5 mm, 79% Wind 36 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:21 PM Daylight 10 hr, 37 min First quarter 46%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
PlymptonRiver gauge, Long Brook	0.18 m	Normal	±0	9.0 km
CarnwoodRiver gauge, River Plym	0.21 m	Very low	−0.03 m	10 km
Newnham ParkRiver gauge, Tory Brook	0.34 m	Very low	±0	11 km
PillatonRiver gauge, River Lynher	0.22 m	Normal	−0.01 m	11 km
TidefordRiver gauge, River Tiddy	0.06 m	Very low	±0	11 km
PuslinchRiver gauge, River Yealm	0.23 m	Very low	−0.02 m	13 km
LudbrookRiver gauge, River Tavy	0.19 m	Normal	−0.03 m	14 km
TrebrownbridgeRiver gauge, River Seaton	0.12 m	Very low	±0	16 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Plymouth today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 03:45 BST, the water level was 2.31 m. Up 0.09 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Plymouth rising or falling?

Up 0.09 m over the last 24 hours. Down 1.78 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Plymouth 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:E72124
Coordinates: 50.36841, -4.18522 (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

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	2.31 m	2026-10-18 02:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Plymouth (ea:E72124). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cornwall/plymouth-e72124

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