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Portsmouth

Tide 🌊 Tidal
England - South Coast catchment • Gosport • Hampshire • ID: 2832SO • 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.
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Current Level
0.606 mAOD
▲▼ Crested · peaked 1.90
24h Max
1.897 mAOD
24h Min
-1.824 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
2.82 mAOD
EA official record
2.80 in our data (since Oct 2020)
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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 · +7 cm over 5h
09 Oct 14:15 ▼▼ -28 cm 0.606 mAOD
09 Oct 14:00 ▼▼ -22 cm 0.887 mAOD
09 Oct 13:45 ▼▼ -27 cm 1.109 mAOD
09 Oct 13:30 ▼▼ -16 cm 1.374 mAOD
09 Oct 13:15 ▼▼ -9 cm 1.538 mAOD
09 Oct 13:00 ▼ -0.6 cm 1.630 mAOD
09 Oct 12:45 ▼ -5 cm 1.636 mAOD
09 Oct 12:30 ▼▼ -6 cm 1.681 mAOD
09 Oct 12:15 ▼▼ -5 cm 1.745 mAOD
09 Oct 12:00 ▼▼ -7 cm 1.799 mAOD
09 Oct 11:45 ▼ -3 cm 1.870 mAOD
09 Oct 11:30 ▲ +0.2 cm 1.897 mAOD
09 Oct 11:00 ▲ +4 cm 1.895 mAOD
09 Oct 10:45 ▲▲ +8 cm 1.857 mAOD
09 Oct 10:30 ▲▲ +29 cm 1.774 mAOD
09 Oct 10:00 ▲▲ +23 cm 1.482 mAOD
09 Oct 09:45 ▲▲ +22 cm 1.256 mAOD
09 Oct 09:30 ▲▲ +26 cm 1.033 mAOD
09 Oct 09:15 ▲▲ +24 cm 0.773 mAOD
09 Oct 09:00 0.533 mAOD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Portsmouth
  • Watercourse: Tide
  • Nearest Town: Gosport
  • County: Hampshire
  • Coordinates: 50°47'31"N 1°6'28"W (50.791824, -1.107903)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 23 Mar 2012
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 2832SO
  • RLOI id: 1028 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 2832SO-level-stage-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 90 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: England - South Coast
  • EA Cross-check: 1.11 mAOD (EA at 9 Oct 13:45)

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 2011 for the 24 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.1 km away).

30flood warnings 359flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 1 Feb 2026 — Monktonmead Brook at St Johns

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 1 10
2025 0 22
2024 6 33
2023 2 21
2022 2 22
2021 3 15
2020 1 39
2019 2 27
2018 0 15
2017 0 9
2016 0 23
2015 0 6
2014 10 59
2013 3 30
2012 0 25
2011 0 3

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 Gosport flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Tide at Portsmouth flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 0.61m. 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 Portsmouth?

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