High tides tomorrow morning may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible from 8:30am to 10:30am on Saturday 10th October.
We expect high tide levels at the harbourside in Southwold. The detailed forecast is for a peak level at Lowestoft of 1.72 mAODN at 9:30am on Saturday 10th October, which is 0.51m above tide tables, Wind Force 6, Westerly. No further high tides are currently expected over the coming days.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded.
This message will be updated by 11:00AM on Saturday 10 October or as the situation changes.
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.
17 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 3.4 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 17 report not discharging.
Anglian Water · into Wolds Dyke, R Waveney · 3.7 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
1 other overflow within 6 km is downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so it is not listed.
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 →
The latest recorded level is 0.79m. 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 ELLINGHAM MILL SLUICE?
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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