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Cromer

Tide 🌊 Tidal
England - East Coast catchment • Overstrand • Norfolk • ID: E71239 • 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
-0.458 mAOD
▲ Rising (+38cm/hr)
24h Max
2.061 mAOD
24h Min
-1.366 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
3.76 mAOD
EA official record
A 14.35 reading (25 Jul 2023) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
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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 · -242 cm over 7h
08 Oct 01:00 ▲▲ +8 cm -0.458 mAOD
08 Oct 00:45 ▲▲ +12 cm -0.533 mAOD
08 Oct 00:30 ▲▲ +6 cm -0.650 mAOD
08 Oct 00:15 ▲ +4 cm -0.711 mAOD
08 Oct 00:00 ▲ +2 cm -0.748 mAOD
07 Oct 23:30 ▼▼ -41 cm -0.771 mAOD
07 Oct 22:15 ▼▼ -14 cm -0.363 mAOD
07 Oct 22:00 ▼▼ -34 cm -0.221 mAOD
07 Oct 21:30 ▼▼ -19 cm 0.118 mAOD
07 Oct 21:15 ▼▼ -18 cm 0.309 mAOD
07 Oct 21:00 ▼▼ -16 cm 0.493 mAOD
07 Oct 20:45 ▼▼ -16 cm 0.657 mAOD
07 Oct 20:30 ▼▼ -16 cm 0.815 mAOD
07 Oct 20:15 ▼▼ -15 cm 0.979 mAOD
07 Oct 20:00 ▼▼ -16 cm 1.132 mAOD
07 Oct 19:45 ▼▼ -13 cm 1.292 mAOD
07 Oct 19:30 ▼▼ -27 cm 1.417 mAOD
07 Oct 19:00 ▼▼ -19 cm 1.686 mAOD
07 Oct 18:30 ▼▼ -8 cm 1.875 mAOD
07 Oct 18:15 1.959 mAOD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Cromer
  • Watercourse: Tide
  • Nearest Town: Overstrand
  • County: Norfolk
  • Coordinates: 52°56'4"N 1°18'6"E (52.934316, 1.301623)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 20 Jan 2012
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E71239
  • RLOI id: 6005 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E71239-level-tidal_level-Mean-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 131 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~37 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: England - East Coast
  • EA Cross-check: -0.46 mAOD (EA at 8 Oct 01:00)

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 1 flood area linked to this gauge (nearest 7.2 km away).

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Most recent flood alert: 5 Jan 2024 — The River Mun at Mundesley

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2024 0 1
2023 0 4
2021 0 1
2020 0 2
2016 0 2
2014 0 1
2013 0 2
2008 0 3
2007 0 2
2006 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 Overstrand flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. This is the area linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Tide at Cromer flooding today?

The latest recorded level is -0.46m. 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 Cromer?

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.

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. Only about 3.3mm of rain has fallen nearby in the last 7 days, so the flow is being sustained mainly by groundwater. 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.

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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