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Eastbourne Harbour

Name: Eastbourne Harbour River Level Data
Creator: FloodRadar

Tide 🌊 Tidal

Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels catchment • Eastbourne Harbour • East Sussex • ID: 371301002 • 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.

01:30 (1h ago) • 4 readings/hr • 201 views

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Current Level

-0.217 mAOD

Trend unavailable

24h Max

2.837 mAOD

24h Min

-2.329 mAOD

Typical Range

Highest Recorded

5.09 mAOD

EA official record

4.35 in our data (since Sep 2019)

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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 · -176 cm over 6h

08 Oct 01:30 ▼▼ -28 cm -0.217 mAOD

08 Oct 01:15 ▼▼ -28 cm 0.064 mAOD

08 Oct 01:00 ▼▼ -31 cm 0.347 mAOD

08 Oct 00:45 ▼▼ -24 cm 0.654 mAOD

08 Oct 00:30 ▼▼ -32 cm 0.896 mAOD

08 Oct 00:15 ▼▼ -22 cm 1.217 mAOD

08 Oct 00:00 ▼▼ -31 cm 1.435 mAOD

07 Oct 23:45 ▼▼ -23 cm 1.741 mAOD

07 Oct 23:30 ▼▼ -71 cm 1.973 mAOD

07 Oct 22:30 ▼▼ -12 cm 2.683 mAOD

07 Oct 22:15 ▼ -4 cm 2.799 mAOD

07 Oct 22:00 ▲ +1 cm 2.837 mAOD

07 Oct 21:45 ▲ +4 cm 2.825 mAOD

07 Oct 21:30 ▲▲ +8 cm 2.787 mAOD

07 Oct 21:15 ▲▲ +14 cm 2.703 mAOD

07 Oct 21:00 ▲▲ +17 cm 2.561 mAOD

07 Oct 20:45 ▲▲ +24 cm 2.392 mAOD

07 Oct 20:30 ▲▲ +29 cm 2.156 mAOD

07 Oct 20:15 ▲▲ +32 cm 1.864 mAOD

07 Oct 20:00 1.544 mAOD

Station Details

Monitoring Station: Eastbourne Harbour
Watercourse: Tide
Nearest Town: Eastbourne Harbour
County: East Sussex
Nearest reservoir: Arlington (12.3 km) · 49.2% full (as of 27 Sep 2026)
Coordinates: 50°47'27"N 0°19'41"E (50.790954, 0.327923)
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Date Opened: 1 Jan 1998
Status: Active
Station Type: Tidal / coastal station

Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive

Station Reference: 371301002
RLOI id: 1021 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
EA Gauge ID: 371301002-level-stage-i-15_min-mAOD
Parameter: Level
Unit: mAOD
Typical rise rate: 206 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: Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels
EA Cross-check: -0.49 mAOD (EA at 8 Oct 01:45)

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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PevenseySalt Haven · 3.3 km in a straight line

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 12 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.7 km away).

6flood warnings 108flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 8 Jan 2026 — Pevensey seafront

Year by year

Year	Warnings	Alerts
2026	1	8
2025	0	3
2024	1	8
2023	2	8
2022	0	12
2021	0	2
2020	1	17
2019	0	7
2018	0	7
2017	0	2
2016	0	7
2015	0	1
2014	1	17
2013	0	8
2012	0	1

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 Eastbourne Harbour flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 12 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Tide at Eastbourne Harbour flooding today?

The latest recorded level is -0.22m. Compare it with the recent history on the chart above to judge whether levels are unusually high.

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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