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Tide at Bournemouth

Latest Tidal Level

1.350m

At 11:15am, Thursday 28th March BST
(10:15am, Thursday 28th March GMT)

Above normal for this location

Rising, 1.350 from previous measurement

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.


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

East coast of Dorset

No current or recent warnings.

Dorset coast at Poole Harbour

No current or recent warnings.

Lower Stour and tributaries

No current or recent warnings.

Other Nearby Flood Warning Areas

Lower Stour at Redhill and Wheatplot Home Sites

No current or recent warnings.

Lower Stour at Iford Bridge Home Park

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: Bournemouth
  • Watercourse: Tide
  • Nearest Town/Village: Bournemouth
  • Local Authority:
  • Ceremonial County: Dorset
  • Coordinates: 50°42'51"N 1°52'29"W (50.714331,-1.874873)
  • OS Grid: SZ 0893 9053 (408930,90530)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR 448.0TY
  • Mapcode (Global): FRA 67Y6.5DR
  • Open Location Code: 9C2WP47G+P3
  • Maidenhead Locator System: IO90br51
  • Environment Agency Location ID: E71939
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: E71939-level-tidal_level-Mean-15_min-mAOD
  • River Levels Online ID: 3352
  • Operational Area: Poole Harbour Rivers TraC
  • Catchment Area: South West Transitional & Coastal
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Frome 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 Tide at Bournemouth is between -1.05m and 1.13m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the Tide at Bournemouth over the past 12 months has been between -1.21m and 1.73m. It has been between these levels for at least 150 days in the past year.

The highest level ever recorded at the Tide at Bournemouth is 1.24m, reached on Thursday 4th January 2018 at 11:00am.

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

There are no other monitoring stations on the Tide

There are no other monitored rivers nearby

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