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St Ives

North Cornwall Coast 🌊 Tidal
West Cornwall catchment • St Ives • Cornwall • ID: 48160 • 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.
(30m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 115 views

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Current Level
0.598 mAOD
▲ Rising (+67cm/hr)
24h Max
1.460 mAOD
24h Min
-0.979 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
4.54 mAOD
EA official record
4.25 in our data (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

Rising · +103 cm over 6h
24 Aug 00:00 ▲▲ +17 cm 0.598 mAOD
23 Aug 23:45 ▲▲ +14 cm 0.431 mAOD
23 Aug 23:30 ▲▲ +17 cm 0.296 mAOD
23 Aug 23:15 ▲▲ +15 cm 0.123 mAOD
23 Aug 23:00 ▲▲ +34 cm -0.029 mAOD
23 Aug 22:30 ▲▲ +40 cm -0.373 mAOD
23 Aug 21:30 ▲▲ +8 cm -0.776 mAOD
23 Aug 21:15 ▲▲ +6 cm -0.854 mAOD
23 Aug 21:00 ▲ +4 cm -0.916 mAOD
23 Aug 20:45 ▲ +1 cm -0.961 mAOD
23 Aug 20:30 ▲ +0.5 cm -0.974 mAOD
23 Aug 20:15 ▼ -0.2 cm -0.979 mAOD
23 Aug 20:00 ▼▼ -6 cm -0.977 mAOD
23 Aug 19:45 ▼ -2 cm -0.914 mAOD
23 Aug 19:30 ▼▼ -10 cm -0.898 mAOD
23 Aug 19:15 ▼ -4 cm -0.794 mAOD
23 Aug 19:00 ▼▼ -9 cm -0.754 mAOD
23 Aug 18:45 ▼▼ -12 cm -0.666 mAOD
23 Aug 18:30 ▼▼ -11 cm -0.546 mAOD
23 Aug 18:15 -0.434 mAOD

Rainfall & Weather

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 7 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 5.3 km away).

5severe warnings 86flood warnings 499flood alerts

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

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 1 15
2025 0 2 16
2024 0 7 36
2023 0 5 21
2022 0 1 9
2021 0 2 14
2020 0 8 46
2019 0 7 30
2018 0 8 47
2017 0 0 8
2016 0 8 37
2015 0 4 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 St Ives flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: St Ives
  • Watercourse: North Cornwall Coast
  • Nearest Town: St Ives
  • County: Cornwall
  • Coordinates: 50°12'55"N 5°28'35"W (50.215231, -5.476421)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 25 Jan 2007
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
  • Station Reference: 48160
  • EA Gauge ID: 48160-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 149 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: 0.43 mAOD (EA at 23 Aug 23:45)

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 North Cornwall Coast at St Ives flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 0.60m. 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 St Ives?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising. 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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