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West Bay

Dorset Coast 🌊 Tidal
West Dorset Streams catchment • West Bay • Dorset • ID: 44105 • 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) • 2 readings/hr • 143 views

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Current Level
0.052 mAOD
▲ Rising (+20cm/hr)
24h Max
0.836 mAOD
24h Min
-0.321 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
3.91 mAOD
16 Mar 2013
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

Falling · -75 cm over 8h
23 Aug 23:00 ▲▲ +10 cm 0.052 mAOD
23 Aug 22:30 ▲▲ +21 cm -0.049 mAOD
23 Aug 21:30 ▲ +2 cm -0.260 mAOD
23 Aug 21:00 ▼ -0.2 cm -0.281 mAOD
23 Aug 20:30 ▲ +4 cm -0.279 mAOD
23 Aug 20:15 ▼ -2 cm -0.320 mAOD
23 Aug 20:00 ▲ +2 cm -0.304 mAOD
23 Aug 19:45 ▼▼ -15 cm -0.321 mAOD
23 Aug 19:15 ▼ -5 cm -0.173 mAOD
23 Aug 19:00 ▼▼ -9 cm -0.124 mAOD
23 Aug 18:45 ▼▼ -6 cm -0.039 mAOD
23 Aug 18:30 ▼ -5 cm 0.024 mAOD
23 Aug 18:15 ▼▼ -6 cm 0.070 mAOD
23 Aug 18:00 ▼▼ -16 cm 0.131 mAOD
23 Aug 17:30 ▼▼ -14 cm 0.292 mAOD
23 Aug 17:00 ▼▼ -11 cm 0.429 mAOD
23 Aug 16:30 ▼▼ -11 cm 0.539 mAOD
23 Aug 16:00 ▼▼ -11 cm 0.651 mAOD
23 Aug 15:30 ▼ -5 cm 0.757 mAOD
23 Aug 15:00 0.804 mAOD

Rainfall & Weather

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 22 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.1 km away).

3severe warnings 239flood warnings 354flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 8 Feb 2026River Bride from Long Bredy to Burton Bradstock

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 8 5
2025 0 5 13
2024 0 25 24
2023 0 29 18
2022 0 8 25
2021 0 6 7
2020 0 4 30
2019 0 6 28
2018 0 15 39
2017 0 11 24
2016 0 13 36
2015 0 3 24
2014 2 32 46
2013 0 23 17
2012 1 30 9
2011 0 0 9
2010 0 1 0
2009 0 6 0
2008 0 6 0
2007 0 6 0
2006 0 2 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 West Bay flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: West Bay
  • Watercourse: Dorset Coast
  • Nearest Town: West Bay
  • County: Dorset
  • Nearest reservoir: Sutton Bingham (22.7 km) · 79.8% full (as of 29 Jun 2026)
  • Coordinates: 50°42'42"N 2°45'46"W (50.711622, -2.762844)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 17 Feb 2003
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
  • Station Reference: 44105
  • EA Gauge ID: 44105-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 76 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 Dorset Streams
  • EA Cross-check: -0.05 mAOD (EA at 23 Aug 22:30)

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 Dorset Coast at West Bay flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 0.05m. 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 West Bay?

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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