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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides, strong winds and large waves today may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible 2 hours either side of high tide on Saturday evening.
Locations most affected will be coastal roads and footpaths.
Areas particularly at risk include Lynmouth, Combe Martin, Hele, Ilfracombe, Lee, Instow, Appledore, Westward Ho!, and Clovelly, Bideford, Barnstaple.
The high tide at Ilfracombe on Saturday 04 April is at 8:26PM, times of high water will vary along the coast. Forecast total high tide level is 4.79mAOD, which is 0.58 metres above tide table level. Strong force 7 south-westerly winds and offshore wave heights of over 3.6m are forecast over the high tide.
Coastal conditions should ease for Sunday morning's high tide.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded .
This message will be updated by 2:00PM on 05 April 2026 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 2:28pm, Saturday 4th April.
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Warning no longer in force
Sun 5 Apr 2026, 1:38pm
Flood alert
Sat 4 Apr 2026, 2:28pm
Warning no longer in force
Wed 4 Feb 2026, 10:29am
Flood alert
Tue 3 Feb 2026, 3:26pm
Flood alert
Mon 2 Feb 2026, 12:04pm
Warning no longer in force
Sun 7 Dec 2025, 2:40pm
Flood alert
Sat 6 Dec 2025, 12:15pm
Flood alert
Fri 5 Dec 2025, 1:16pm
Warning no longer in force
Sat 8 Nov 2025, 12:42pm
Flood alert
Fri 7 Nov 2025, 10:48am
Coastal and tidal areas between Hartland Point and Lynmouth, including the Taw Torridge estuary
Region: Devon and Cornwall
Country: England
Counties covered: Devon
Watercourses covered: Bristol Channel
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for North Devon coast from Hartland Point to Lynmouth.
Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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