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-0.25

Yarmouth

Tide 🌊 Tidal
Isle of Wight catchment • Yarmouth • Isle of Wight • ID: E14980 • 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
-0.245 mAOD
▼ Falling (-85cm/hr)
24h Max
1.026 mAOD
24h Min
-0.737 mAOD
Typical Range
1.65 - 1.99
mAOD
Highest Recorded
1.98 mAOD
8 Apr 2024
Since Oct 2014
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

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 · -81 cm over 6h
08 Oct 01:30 ▼▼ -22 cm -0.245 mAOD
08 Oct 01:15 ▼▼ -20 cm -0.021 mAOD
08 Oct 01:00 ▼▼ -17 cm 0.180 mAOD
08 Oct 00:45 ▼▼ -17 cm 0.353 mAOD
08 Oct 00:30 ▼▼ -12 cm 0.519 mAOD
08 Oct 00:15 ▼▼ -8 cm 0.638 mAOD
08 Oct 00:00 ▼ -3 cm 0.718 mAOD
07 Oct 23:45 ▼ -3 cm 0.752 mAOD
07 Oct 23:30 ▼ -6 cm 0.781 mAOD
07 Oct 22:30 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.838 mAOD
07 Oct 22:15 ▲ +0.3 cm 0.841 mAOD
07 Oct 22:00 ▼ -3 cm 0.838 mAOD
07 Oct 21:45 ▼ -2 cm 0.864 mAOD
07 Oct 21:30 ▼ -3 cm 0.888 mAOD
07 Oct 21:15 ▲ +0.7 cm 0.915 mAOD
07 Oct 21:00 ▲▲ +6 cm 0.908 mAOD
07 Oct 20:45 ▲▲ +8 cm 0.848 mAOD
07 Oct 20:30 ▲▲ +10 cm 0.773 mAOD
07 Oct 20:15 ▲▲ +12 cm 0.675 mAOD
07 Oct 20:00 0.560 mAOD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Yarmouth
  • Watercourse: Tide
  • Nearest Town: Yarmouth
  • County: Isle of Wight
  • Coordinates: 50°42'19"N 1°30'11"W (50.705265, -1.503022)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 10 Mar 1992
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E14980
  • RLOI id: 9226 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E14980-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 53 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: Isle of Wight
  • Typical Range: 1.650 – 1.990 mAOD
  • EA Cross-check: -0.46 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.

Nearby Stations

Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.

Connected upstream

Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

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.

1 storm overflow is traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 3.7 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 1 reports not discharging.

💧
Southern Water · into Western Yar · 3.7 km upstream along the river
31 spills · 115 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.

Nearby, connection not known

Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.

💧
Yarmouth PS🏊 Bathing water🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into The Solent · 370 m away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
12 spills · 28 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Mill Road / Tennyson Road Car Park🏊 Bathing water🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into Western Yar Estuary · 410 m away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
5 spills · 3 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow
💧
Norton Wps CSO🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into The Solent · 420 m away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
14 spills · 170 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Thorely Road Bouldner CEO🏊 Bathing water🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into Trib Of Thorely Brook · 850 m away in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them
13 spills · 43 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Linstone Drive CSO🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into Unnamed Stream · 860 m away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
4 spills · 2 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Norton Headworks Wps🏊 Bathing water🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into The Solent · 1.0 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
50 spills · 170 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Norton Headworks Wps🏊 Bathing water🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into The Solent · 1.0 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
9 spills · 19 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Norton Green CSO🏊 Bathing water🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into Red Creek · 1.1 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

10 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 →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

This gauge rarely reaches its typical high of 1.99 m: 0 days since 2017. This year so far: 0 days.

2026 0 days so far
2025 0 days
2024 0 days
2023 0 days
2022 0 days
2021 0 days
2020 0 days
2019 0 days
2018 0 days
2017 0 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 11 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.8 km away).

1severe warning 11flood warnings 83flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 27 Jan 2026 — Ashley and Milford on Sea, Danes Stream

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 1 3
2025 0 0 9
2024 0 2 11
2023 0 2 8
2022 0 0 2
2021 0 0 3
2020 0 0 7
2019 0 0 4
2018 0 0 3
2017 0 0 2
2016 0 2 6
2015 0 0 1
2014 1 4 14
2013 0 0 6
2012 0 0 3
2011 0 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 Yarmouth flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 11 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Tide at Yarmouth flooding today?

The current level is -0.25m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Yarmouth?

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. 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.

What is a normal level for the Tide at Yarmouth?

The typical range at this station is 1.65m to 1.99m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.99m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.

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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