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St Ives water level

Tidal gauge, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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Surface elevation

-0.63m Up 0.25 m over the last 24 hours

0 3 5 Highest onrecord 4.54 m

History

History
-02mOct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 15Oct 17-02mOct 10Oct 14Oct 17
-024mSep 17Sep 25Oct 2Oct 10Oct 17-024mSep 17Oct 2Oct 17
Surface elevation

What this means

St Ives reads −0.63 m as of 17 Oct 2026, 13:30 BST. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this tidal gauge yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It has risen 0.25 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between −1.52 m and 3.89 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.86 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
−1.52 m – 3.89 m
Highest on record
4.54 mMarch 21, 2011

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 5.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 9° 0.2 mm Wind 24 km/h
18 Sun 13° 6° – Wind 19 km/h
19 Mon 11° 9° 4.8 mm, 55% Wind 16 km/h
20 Tue 14° 7° – Wind 22 km/h
21 Wed 13° 10° 4.8 mm, 57% Wind 43 km/h
22 Thu 15° 11° 2.7 mm, 67% Wind 24 km/h
23 Fri 14° 11° 21 mm, 84% Wind 50 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:47 AM Sunset 06:28 PM Daylight 10 hr, 41 min First quarter 40%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
St Ives Consols FarmRiver gauge, River Stennack 0.06 m Very low ±0 1.9 km
GwithianRiver gauge, River Red 0.59 m Lowest on record +0.01 m 6.4 km
St ErthRiver gauge, River Hayle 0.18 m Very low −0.02 m 7.2 km
RelubbusRiver gauge, River Hayle 0.04 m Lowest on record −0.01 m 10.0 km
Penzance AlvertonRiver gauge, Lariggan River 0.07 m Very low ±0 12 km
Newlyn CoombeRiver gauge, Newlyn Coombe River 0.10 m Lowest on record −0.01 m 13 km
TrenearRiver gauge, River Cober 0.36 m Normal −0.01 m 18 km
BoscadjackRiver gauge, River Cober 0.30 m Low −0.02 m 18 km

Questions and answers

Is St Ives really −0.63 m deep?

No. −0.63 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of St Ives today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 13:30 BST, the surface elevation was −0.63 m. Up 0.25 m over the last 24 hours.

Is St Ives rising or falling?

Up 0.25 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.86 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of St Ives normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at St Ives?

The highest level on record is 4.54 m on March 21, 2011.

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:48160 (Agency page)
Coordinates
50.21523, -5.47642 (WGS84)
Vertical datum
ODN
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
Surface elevation −0.63 m 2026-10-17 12:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: St Ives (ea:48160). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cornwall/st-ives

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.