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South Ferriby

Tide 🌊 Tidal
Grimsby and Ancholme catchment • Ferriby Sluice • North Lincolnshire • ID: E1442 • Level
This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.
(3h ago) • 4 readings/hr • 139 views

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Last Level
-0.569 mAOD
⚠ 3h ago · may be out of date
24h Max
1.740 mAOD
24h Min
-1.148 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
6.00 mAOD
15 Oct 2014
Since Nov 2012
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Recent Water Levels

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Flood predictions aren't generated for tidal gauges — their levels are driven by the tide, not by catchment rainfall, so the forecast models would have no skill here.

Recent Readings

Falling · -227 cm over 5h
23 Aug 20:00 ▼▼ -14 cm -0.569 mAOD
23 Aug 19:45 ▼▼ -14 cm -0.432 mAOD
23 Aug 19:30 ▼▼ -15 cm -0.289 mAOD
23 Aug 19:15 ▼▼ -15 cm -0.139 mAOD
23 Aug 19:00 ▼▼ -15 cm 0.015 mAOD
23 Aug 18:45 ▼▼ -15 cm 0.167 mAOD
23 Aug 18:30 ▼▼ -16 cm 0.318 mAOD
23 Aug 18:15 ▼▼ -15 cm 0.482 mAOD
23 Aug 18:00 ▼▼ -16 cm 0.632 mAOD
23 Aug 17:45 ▼▼ -15 cm 0.790 mAOD
23 Aug 17:30 ▼▼ -15 cm 0.938 mAOD
23 Aug 17:15 ▼▼ -14 cm 1.091 mAOD
23 Aug 17:00 ▼▼ -12 cm 1.228 mAOD
23 Aug 16:45 ▼▼ -12 cm 1.346 mAOD
23 Aug 16:30 ▼▼ -9 cm 1.469 mAOD
23 Aug 16:15 ▼▼ -7 cm 1.563 mAOD
23 Aug 16:00 ▼▼ -6 cm 1.637 mAOD
23 Aug 15:45 ▼ -2 cm 1.697 mAOD
23 Aug 15:30 ▲ +2 cm 1.718 mAOD
23 Aug 15:15 1.701 mAOD

Rainfall & Weather

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 17 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.3 km away).

2severe warnings 84flood warnings 96flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 7 Oct 2025North Bank of the Humber estuary at Hessle Haven

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 0 2
2025 0 5 6
2024 0 12 18
2023 0 6 15
2022 0 5 7
2021 0 7 5
2020 0 13 11
2019 0 6 5
2018 0 1 4
2017 0 7 6
2016 0 0 2
2015 0 4 8
2014 0 3 3
2013 2 13 1
2012 0 1 2
2011 0 1 1

Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record. See also the Ferriby Sluice flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: South Ferriby
  • Watercourse: Tide
  • Nearest Town: Ferriby Sluice
  • County: North Lincolnshire
  • Coordinates: 53°40'38"N 0°31'32"W (53.677267, -0.525433)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Jan 1995
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
  • Station Reference: E1442
  • EA Gauge ID: E1442-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 175 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Grimsby and Ancholme
  • EA Cross-check: -0.57 mAOD (EA at 23 Aug 20:00)

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Tide at South Ferriby flooding today?

The latest recorded level is -0.57m. Compare it with the recent history on the chart above to judge whether levels are unusually high.

Is the river level rising or falling at South Ferriby?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.

How often is this river level data updated?

Readings are taken by the Environment Agency gauge roughly every 15 minutes and FloodRadar refreshes its data continuously, so the level shown is normally less than an hour old.

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