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Hayle Tideflap

Hayle 🌊 Tidal
West Cornwall catchment • Hayle • Cornwall • ID: 48113 • 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.
(32m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 117 views

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Current Level
2.400 mAOD
▲▼ Crested · peaked 2.74
24h Max
2.812 mAOD
24h Min
1.239 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
4.53 mAOD
EA official record
4.33 in our data (since Oct 2014)
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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1 day

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

Rising · +114 cm over 5h
08 Oct 05:15 ▼▼ -12 cm 2.400 mAOD
08 Oct 05:00 ▼▼ -10 cm 2.524 mAOD
08 Oct 04:45 ▼▼ -12 cm 2.624 mAOD
08 Oct 04:30 ▲ +6 cm 2.742 mAOD
08 Oct 04:00 ▲▲ +7 cm 2.685 mAOD
08 Oct 03:45 ▲▲ +13 cm 2.617 mAOD
08 Oct 03:30 ▲▲ +19 cm 2.489 mAOD
08 Oct 03:15 ▲▲ +25 cm 2.297 mAOD
08 Oct 03:00 ▲▲ +23 cm 2.050 mAOD
08 Oct 02:45 ▲▲ +28 cm 1.821 mAOD
08 Oct 02:30 ▲▲ +28 cm 1.537 mAOD
08 Oct 02:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 1.255 mAOD
08 Oct 02:00 ▬ steady 1.256 mAOD
08 Oct 01:45 ▬ steady 1.256 mAOD
08 Oct 01:30 ▬ steady 1.256 mAOD
08 Oct 01:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 1.256 mAOD
08 Oct 01:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 1.255 mAOD
08 Oct 00:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 1.256 mAOD
08 Oct 00:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 1.255 mAOD
08 Oct 00:15 1.256 mAOD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Hayle Tideflap
  • Watercourse: River Hayle
  • Nearest Town: Hayle
  • County: Cornwall
  • Coordinates: 50°10'33"N 5°26'12"W (50.175819, -5.436545)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Sep 2001
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 48113
  • RLOI id: 3172 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 48113-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 145 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: West Cornwall
  • EA Cross-check: 2.40 mAOD (EA at 8 Oct 05:15)

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

Nearby Stations

Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.

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Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of this gauge on the mapped river network. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow. Those nearby are listed below.

Nearby, connection not known

Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.

💧
Phillack CSO🏊 Bathing water
South West Water · into Hayle Estuary (E) · 2.6 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
South West Water · into Hayle Estuary (E) · 2.8 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
4 spills · 25 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Porthminster Point 1 EO🏊 Bathing water
South West Water · into St Ives Bay Atlantic Ocean · 3.9 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
6 spills · 8 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Wescots Quay CSO🏊 Bathing water
South West Water · into St Ives Bay (C) · 5.0 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
6 spills · 2 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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South West Water · into St Ives Bay · 5.3 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
3 spills · 5 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
South West Water · into Stream (S) · 5.5 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
4 spills · 9 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
South West Water · into Trib Of Angarrack Strean · 5.6 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
76 spills · 293 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

2 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are not listed.

These are the water companies' monitor statuses; a spill does not by itself explain a change in the gauge level. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels. Explore the sewage map →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 9 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.2 km away).

5severe warnings 160flood warnings 502flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 29 Jan 2026 — River Hayle from Relubbus to St Erth

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 1 18
2025 0 4 16
2024 0 23 36
2023 0 11 21
2022 0 4 9
2021 0 2 14
2020 0 24 46
2019 0 15 30
2018 0 16 47
2017 0 0 8
2016 0 19 37
2015 0 8 22
2014 4 12 59
2013 0 0 12
2012 0 8 25
2011 0 0 14
2010 0 2 20
2009 0 0 10
2008 1 2 9
2007 0 1 17
2006 0 8 32

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 Hayle flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 9 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the River Hayle at Hayle Tideflap flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 2.40m. 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 Hayle Tideflap?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.

How often is this river level data updated?

Readings are supplied by the Environment Agency gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.

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