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Great Yarmouth

Norfolk Coast 🌊 Tidal
Broadland Rivers catchment • Great Yarmouth • Norfolk • ID: E41137 • 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
0.915 mAOD
▲ Rising (+14cm/hr)
24h Max
1.384 mAOD
24h Min
-0.790 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
3.32 mAOD
EA official record
A 4.48 reading (4 Oct 2024) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
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Recent Water Levels

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1 day

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 · +167 cm over 5h
08 Oct 20:00 ▲ +3 cm 0.915 mAOD
08 Oct 19:45 ▲ +4 cm 0.882 mAOD
08 Oct 19:30 ▲ +3 cm 0.847 mAOD
08 Oct 19:15 ▲ +3 cm 0.814 mAOD
08 Oct 19:00 ▲ +3 cm 0.785 mAOD
08 Oct 18:45 ▲ +2 cm 0.757 mAOD
08 Oct 18:30 ▲ +2 cm 0.738 mAOD
08 Oct 18:15 ▲▲ +5 cm 0.717 mAOD
08 Oct 18:00 ▲▲ +7 cm 0.666 mAOD
08 Oct 17:45 ▲▲ +6 cm 0.600 mAOD
08 Oct 17:30 ▲▲ +11 cm 0.539 mAOD
08 Oct 17:15 ▲▲ +15 cm 0.428 mAOD
08 Oct 17:00 ▲▲ +15 cm 0.281 mAOD
08 Oct 16:45 ▲▲ +20 cm 0.136 mAOD
08 Oct 16:30 ▲▲ +21 cm -0.065 mAOD
08 Oct 16:15 ▲▲ +17 cm -0.277 mAOD
08 Oct 16:00 ▲▲ +15 cm -0.443 mAOD
08 Oct 15:45 ▲▲ +11 cm -0.592 mAOD
08 Oct 15:30 ▲▲ +6 cm -0.697 mAOD
08 Oct 15:15 -0.754 mAOD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Great Yarmouth
  • Watercourse: Norfolk Coast
  • Nearest Town: Great Yarmouth
  • County: Norfolk
  • Nearest reservoir: Ormesby (11.9 km) · 87.4% full (as of 28 Dec 2025)
  • Coordinates: 52°34'19"N 1°44'18"E (52.571947, 1.738433)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Dec 1992
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E41137
  • RLOI id: 6015 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E41137-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: Broadland Rivers
  • EA Cross-check: 0.88 mAOD (EA at 8 Oct 19:45)

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 2006 for the 9 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.7 km away).

15severe warnings 21flood warnings 75flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 14 Jan 2017 — Lower River Bure

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 0 1
2025 0 0 2
2024 0 0 7
2023 0 0 6
2022 0 0 8
2021 0 0 2
2020 0 0 4
2019 0 0 3
2017 5 10 8
2016 0 0 2
2015 0 3 5
2014 0 1 1
2013 5 7 4
2012 0 0 2
2011 0 0 1
2008 0 0 2
2007 5 0 15
2006 0 0 2

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 Great Yarmouth flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Norfolk Coast at Great Yarmouth flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 0.92m. 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 Great Yarmouth?

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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