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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides overnight may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible from 11:45pm on Saturday 10th October to 1:45am on Sunday 11th October.
Tide levels will be high around the boat yard in Felixstowe Ferry hamlet at the end of Ferry Road, and along riverside areas in Woodbridge and Waldringfield, as well as in surrounding marshland. The detailed forecast is for a peak level at Harwich of 2.54 mAODN at 12:45am on Sunday 11th October, which is 0.42m above tide tables, Wind Force 6, Westerly. Tides will remain high over the next couple of days.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded.
This message will be updated by 9:00AM on Sunday 11 October or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
Message issued at 4:16pm, Saturday 10th October 2026.
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Wed 28 Oct 2026, 8:45am
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Tue 27 Oct 2026, 2:35pm
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Mon 26 Oct 2026, 2:52pm
Flood alert
Mon 26 Oct 2026, 11:05am
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Sun 25 Oct 2026, 1:00pm
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Wed 14 Oct 2026, 8:47am
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Tue 13 Oct 2026, 3:41pm
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Sun 11 Oct 2026, 8:47am
Flood alert
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 4:16pm
Flood alert
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 8:05am
The tidal Deben estuary, from Felixstowe Ferry and Bawdsey to Ufford
Region: East Anglia
Country: England
Counties covered: Suffolk
Watercourses covered: River Deben, North Sea
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for The tidal Deben estuary.
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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