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Exmouth

South Devon Coast 🌊 Tidal
Exe catchment • Exmouth Tide • Devon • ID: 45127 • 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.
(28m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 126 views

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Current Level
0.342 mAOD
▲ Rising (+66cm/hr)
24h Max
1.910 mAOD
24h Min
-1.473 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
3.11 mAOD
EA official record
A 4.52 reading (23 Dec 2012) 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

Rising · +70 cm over 5h
09 Oct 15:45 ▲▲ +19 cm 0.342 mAOD
09 Oct 15:30 ▲▲ +15 cm 0.156 mAOD
09 Oct 15:15 ▲▲ +13 cm 0.010 mAOD
09 Oct 15:00 ▲▲ +17 cm -0.120 mAOD
09 Oct 14:45 ▲▲ +14 cm -0.286 mAOD
09 Oct 14:30 ▲▲ +14 cm -0.426 mAOD
09 Oct 14:15 ▲▲ +15 cm -0.562 mAOD
09 Oct 14:00 ▲▲ +14 cm -0.711 mAOD
09 Oct 13:45 ▲▲ +33 cm -0.847 mAOD
09 Oct 13:15 ▲▲ +17 cm -1.179 mAOD
09 Oct 13:00 ▲▲ +11 cm -1.345 mAOD
09 Oct 12:45 ▬ steady -1.459 mAOD
09 Oct 12:30 ▼▼ -16 cm -1.459 mAOD
09 Oct 12:00 ▼▼ -13 cm -1.301 mAOD
09 Oct 11:45 ▼▼ -13 cm -1.167 mAOD
09 Oct 11:30 ▼▼ -17 cm -1.036 mAOD
09 Oct 11:15 ▼▼ -18 cm -0.865 mAOD
09 Oct 11:00 ▼▼ -16 cm -0.685 mAOD
09 Oct 10:45 ▼▼ -17 cm -0.526 mAOD
09 Oct 10:30 -0.359 mAOD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Exmouth
  • Watercourse: South Devon Coast
  • Nearest Town: Exmouth Tide
  • County: Devon
  • Coordinates: 50°37'0"N 3°25'27"W (50.616779, -3.424247)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 12 Oct 1973
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 45127
  • RLOI id: 3252 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 45127-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 80 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: Exe
  • EA Cross-check: 0.34 mAOD (EA at 9 Oct 15:45)

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

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2008 for the 9 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.8 km away).

5severe warnings 21flood warnings 61flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 23 Jan 2026 — South Devon Coast from Exmouth to Seaton

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 1 4
2025 0 1 4
2024 0 0 11
2023 0 1 5
2022 0 0 3
2020 0 1 13
2019 0 0 5
2018 0 2 6
2016 0 1 6
2015 0 1 4
2014 4 10 0
2012 0 3 0
2008 1 0 0

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 Exmouth Tide flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

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Frequently asked questions

Is the South Devon Coast at Exmouth flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 0.34m. 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 Exmouth?

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.

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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