River Levels
River Levels

North Sea at Kirkwall Tide Gauge

Current River Level

1.49m

At 9:15am, Thursday 19th January BST
(8:15am, Thursday 19th January GMT)

Within the usual range for this location

Rising, 0.02 from previous measurement at 9:00am, Thursday 19th January BST

Warning: This data is stale! For some reason, we have not been able to obtain updated levels for over 24 hours. The current displayed level is probably incorrect and you should not rely on it.

Nearby Flood Warning Areas

Kirkwall

No current or recent warnings.

Scapa

No current or recent warnings.

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.

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Location and Technical Data

  • Monitoring Station: Kirkwall Tide Gauge
  • Watercourse: North Sea
  • Nearest Town/Village:
  • Local Authority: Orkney Islands
  • Ceremonial County: Orkney
  • Coordinates: 58°59'7"N 2°57'37"W (58.9854,-2.9603)
  • OS Grid: HY4490711319 (,)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR M41Z.JMK
  • Mapcode (Global): WH7C4.HFK2
  • Open Location Code: 9CCVX2PQ+5V
  • Maidenhead Locator System: IO88mx46
  • SEPA Location ID: 536545
  • SEPA Gauge ID: 536545
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Orkneys

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 North Sea at Kirkwall Tide Gauge is between -1.22m and 2.45m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The highest level ever recorded at the North Sea at Kirkwall Tide Gauge is 2.58m, reached on Tuesday 14th January 2020 at 12:15pm.

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

Nearby Monitoring Locations

Other monitoring locations on the North Sea

North Sea Map

There are no other monitored rivers nearby

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