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River Waveney at Oulton Broad

Current River Level

0.630m

At 5:30pm, Friday 11th October BST
(4:30pm, Friday 11th October GMT)

Within the usual range for this location

Rising, 0.030 from previous measurement at 5:15pm, Friday 11th October BST


Important! The levels for this location are measured relative to sea level, not relative to the riverbed. The levels shown here do not, therefore, necessarily represent the actual depth of the water.

Flood Warning Areas Covering Here

The Suffolk coast from Lowestoft to Bawdsey

No current or recent warnings.

Other Nearby Flood Warning Areas

The south bank of Lake Lothing

No current or recent warnings.

Isolated low lying properties along the tidal River Waveney

No current or recent warnings.

The north bank of Lake Lothing, from Mutford Bridge to Bascule Bridge

No current or recent warnings.

The Lowestoft Riverside Business Park and Kirkley

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.

Download long term data as csv

Note: CSV data will include any outlying values that have been ignored by our graphing system as probably erroneous (eg, because they are ridiculously high compared to the values either side of them). It is your responsibility to filter these out if necessary.

Important! If you are planning to retrieve the csv data automatically, you must read and understand the limitations on the data and its availability.

Location and Technical Data

  • Monitoring Station: Oulton Broad
  • Watercourse: River Waveney
  • Nearest Town/Village: Oulton Broad
  • Local Authority: Waveney
  • Ceremonial County: Suffolk
  • Coordinates: 52°28'29"N 1°42'37"E (52.474903,1.71041)
  • OS Grid: TM 52079 92804 (652076,292805)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR YT8.TGF
  • Mapcode (Global): VHM6M.L2L2
  • Open Location Code: 9F43FPF6+X5
  • Maidenhead Locator System: JO02ul53
  • Environment Agency Location ID: E24823
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: E24823-level-stage-i-15_min-mAOD
  • River Levels Online ID: 6212
  • Water Information System ID: L341902
  • Operational Area: Waveney
  • Catchment Area: Anglian Transitional & Coastal
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Norfolk Rivers Group
  • Environment Agency Region: Anglian
  • 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 River Waveney at Oulton Broad is between -0.23m and 1.31m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the River Waveney at Oulton Broad over the past 12 months has been between -0.41m and 1.39m. It has been between these levels for at least 150 days in the past year.

The highest level ever recorded at the River Waveney at Oulton Broad is 1.81m, reached on Friday 9th November 2007 at 10:15am.

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 River Waveney

River Waveney Map

Monitoring locations on nearby rivers

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