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Newlyn

Tide 🌊 Tidal
England - South Coast catchment • Newlyn • Cornwall • ID: E72239 • 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.
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Current Level
-0.123 mAOD
▲ Rising (+99cm/hr)
24h Max
2.036 mAOD
24h Min
-1.834 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
3.39 mAOD
EA official record
A 8.95 reading (10 Jun 2020) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
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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 · -69 cm over 7h
08 Oct 00:45 ▲▲ +49 cm -0.123 mAOD
08 Oct 00:15 ▲▲ +23 cm -0.616 mAOD
08 Oct 00:00 ▲▲ +43 cm -0.850 mAOD
07 Oct 23:30 ▲▲ +16 cm -1.278 mAOD
07 Oct 23:15 ▲▲ +39 cm -1.440 mAOD
07 Oct 22:15 ▼ -4 cm -1.834 mAOD
07 Oct 21:45 ▼▼ -5 cm -1.790 mAOD
07 Oct 21:30 ▼▼ -9 cm -1.740 mAOD
07 Oct 21:15 ▼▼ -12 cm -1.649 mAOD
07 Oct 21:00 ▼▼ -13 cm -1.533 mAOD
07 Oct 20:45 ▼▼ -15 cm -1.399 mAOD
07 Oct 20:30 ▼▼ -18 cm -1.250 mAOD
07 Oct 20:15 ▼▼ -19 cm -1.070 mAOD
07 Oct 20:00 ▼▼ -20 cm -0.882 mAOD
07 Oct 19:45 ▼▼ -21 cm -0.681 mAOD
07 Oct 19:30 ▼▼ -44 cm -0.475 mAOD
07 Oct 19:00 ▼▼ -21 cm -0.038 mAOD
07 Oct 18:45 ▼▼ -21 cm 0.173 mAOD
07 Oct 18:30 ▼▼ -19 cm 0.379 mAOD
07 Oct 18:15 0.565 mAOD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Newlyn
  • Watercourse: Tide
  • Nearest Town: Newlyn
  • County: Cornwall
  • Coordinates: 50°6'11"N 5°32'34"W (50.103007, -5.542779)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 6 Jul 1994
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E72239
  • RLOI id: 3156 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E72239-level-tidal_level-Mean-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 131 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~37 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: England - South Coast
  • EA Cross-check: 0.47 mAOD (EA at 8 Oct 01:15)

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

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 4 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.8 km away).

43flood warnings 137flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 8 Dec 2025 — South Cornwall coast at Mounts Bay, seafront properties

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 5
2025 1 4
2024 8 13
2023 4 6
2022 1 2
2021 0 3
2020 10 17
2019 4 4
2018 4 15
2017 0 1
2016 9 8
2015 2 5
2014 0 21
2012 0 7
2011 0 1
2010 0 2
2009 0 4
2008 0 4
2007 0 2
2006 0 13

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 Newlyn flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 4 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Tide at Newlyn flooding today?

The latest recorded level is -0.12m. 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 Newlyn?

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

Why is the level slowly falling?

When little or no rain has fallen for a while, a river level gradually drops as the water stored in the ground and soil drains away with nothing to replace it. This is called baseflow recession and is normal in dry spells. Only about 2.2mm of rain has fallen nearby in the last 7 days, so the flow is being sustained mainly by groundwater. A gentle decline like this is expected and is not a sign of a problem — downstream gauges often recede a little faster than headwaters further upstream, and levels recover once rain returns.

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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