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Dorset Coast at Wareham

Latest Tidal Level

0.710m

At 10:30am, Thursday 26th December GMT

Within the usual range for this location

Falling, -0.010 from previous measurement at 10:15am, Thursday 26th December GMT


This is a tidal level, measured from mean sea level rather than from the river bed. It can, therefore, be negative, and does not give any indication of water depth. Tidal levels are not necessarily updated frequently, and may not reflect tidal movements throughout the day.

Flood Warning Areas Covering Here

Lower Frome from East Stoke to Wareham

No current or recent warnings.

Poole Harbour at Wareham

No current or recent warnings.

East coast of Dorset

Recent warnings or alerts no longer in force

Dorset coast at Poole Harbour

No current or recent warnings.

Lower Frome and tributaries

Recent warnings or alerts no longer in force

Seven Day Level Chart

Long Term Level Chart

Darker blue shaded areas on long term data indicate maximum and minimum levels for the date (you may need to zoom in closer to see them).

Long term data may have gaps where the API data was not available.

Download long term data as csv

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Location and Technical Data

  • Monitoring Station: Wareham
  • Watercourse: Dorset Coast
  • Nearest Town/Village: Arne
  • Local Authority: Purbeck
  • Ceremonial County: Dorset
  • Coordinates: 50°41'0"N 2°6'32"W (50.683502,-2.108932)
  • OS Grid: SY924871 (392400,87100)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR 330.1N2
  • Mapcode (Global): FRA 67G8.J7F
  • Open Location Code: 9C2VMVMR+CC
  • Maidenhead Locator System: IO80wq64
  • Environment Agency Location ID: 44202
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: 44202-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • River Levels Online ID: 3280
  • Water Information System ID: FWWA01_FW
  • Operational Area: Poole Harbour Rivers
  • Catchment Area: Dorset
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Frome Group
  • Environment Agency Region: South West
  • Level Datum: Above Ordnance Datum (AOD)

Please note: Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

The usual range of the Dorset Coast at Wareham is between -0.33m and 1.13m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the Dorset Coast at Wareham over the past 12 months has been between -0.16m and 1.37m. It has been between these levels for at least 151 days in the past year.

The highest level ever recorded at the Dorset Coast at Wareham is 1.54m, reached on Wednesday 17th October 2001 at 10:00pm.

Note that this data may not take account of recent measurements, as we wait until a level has been verified by the Environment Agency before adding it to our records.

Nearby Monitoring Locations

Other monitoring locations on the Dorset Coast

Dorset Coast Map

Monitoring locations on nearby rivers

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