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
0.859 mAOD
▼ Falling (-18cm/hr)
24h Max
1.962 mAOD
24h Min
0.850 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
2.93 mAOD
EA official record
A 3.79 reading (18 Aug 2026) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
🌍 floodradar.co.uk
1 day
EA forecast (official)
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.
Long Term
🌍 floodradar.co.uk
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Recent Readings
Rising · +0.5 cm over 11h
10 Oct 13:00▼ -105 cm0.859 mAOD
10 Oct 07:00▲ +4 cm1.907 mAOD
10 Oct 06:45▲▲ +8 cm1.870 mAOD
10 Oct 06:30▲▲ +10 cm1.795 mAOD
10 Oct 06:15▲▲ +13 cm1.697 mAOD
10 Oct 06:00▲▲ +13 cm1.572 mAOD
10 Oct 05:45▲▲ +15 cm1.440 mAOD
10 Oct 05:30▲▲ +18 cm1.289 mAOD
10 Oct 05:15▲▲ +22 cm1.111 mAOD
10 Oct 05:00▲ +4 cm0.896 mAOD
10 Oct 04:45▬ steady0.855 mAOD
10 Oct 04:30▲ +0.1 cm0.855 mAOD
10 Oct 04:15▬ steady0.854 mAOD
10 Oct 04:00▬ steady0.854 mAOD
10 Oct 03:45▲ +0.1 cm0.854 mAOD
10 Oct 03:30▬ steady0.853 mAOD
10 Oct 03:15▬ steady0.853 mAOD
10 Oct 03:00▼ -0.1 cm0.853 mAOD
10 Oct 02:45▬ steady0.854 mAOD
10 Oct 02:300.854 mAOD
Station Details
Monitoring Station: Budleigh South Farm Road White Bridge
Storm overflows whose water reaches this gauge on the mapped river network, nearest first by distance along the river. The status is each water company's monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, not how much or what it contains.
21 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 1.2 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 21 report not discharging.
South West Water · into Knowle Stream · 2.3 km away in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
1 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
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 →
Is the River Otter at Budleigh South Farm Road White Bridge flooding today?
The latest recorded level is 0.86m. 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 Budleigh South Farm Road White Bridge?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling. 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 4.6mm 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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