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Woodbridge

Suffolk Coast 🌊 Tidal
East Suffolk catchment • Woodbridge • Suffolk • ID: E23343 • 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.
(21m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 164 views

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Current Level
0.574 mAOD
▬ Steady
24h Max
1.212 mAOD
24h Min
0.562 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
3.35 mAOD
EA official record
2.95 in our data (since Mar 2017)
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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 · -2 cm over 7h
24 Aug 00:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.574 mAOD
24 Aug 00:15 ▼ -0.4 cm 0.573 mAOD
24 Aug 00:00 ▲ +0.5 cm 0.577 mAOD
23 Aug 23:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.572 mAOD
23 Aug 23:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.571 mAOD
23 Aug 23:15 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.570 mAOD
23 Aug 23:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.568 mAOD
23 Aug 22:45 ▼▼ -50 cm 0.569 mAOD
23 Aug 21:30 ▼▼ -9 cm 1.066 mAOD
23 Aug 21:15 ▼▼ -6 cm 1.152 mAOD
23 Aug 21:00 ▲ +3 cm 1.212 mAOD
23 Aug 20:15 ▲▲ +7 cm 1.185 mAOD
23 Aug 20:00 ▲▲ +7 cm 1.120 mAOD
23 Aug 19:45 ▲▲ +8 cm 1.049 mAOD
23 Aug 19:30 ▲▲ +10 cm 0.970 mAOD
23 Aug 19:15 ▲▲ +10 cm 0.873 mAOD
23 Aug 19:00 ▲▲ +20 cm 0.773 mAOD
23 Aug 18:30 ▼ -1 cm 0.578 mAOD
23 Aug 18:15 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.591 mAOD
23 Aug 17:45 0.593 mAOD

Rainfall & Weather

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 7 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.8 km away).

4severe warnings 31flood warnings 443flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 18 Feb 2024The River Lark from Clopton to Martlesham

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 0 13
2025 0 0 27
2024 0 3 48
2023 0 2 33
2022 0 3 24
2021 0 2 25
2020 0 3 32
2019 0 3 19
2018 0 0 14
2017 2 5 24
2016 0 1 18
2015 0 0 13
2014 0 0 19
2013 2 6 12
2012 0 0 11
2011 0 1 7
2010 0 0 12
2009 0 2 11
2008 0 0 20
2007 0 0 47
2006 0 0 14

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 Woodbridge flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Woodbridge
  • Watercourse: Suffolk Coast
  • Nearest Town: Woodbridge
  • County: Suffolk
  • Nearest reservoir: Alton (17.2 km) · 68.0% full (as of 17 Aug 2026)
  • Coordinates: 52°5'13"N 1°18'60"E (52.087062, 1.316578)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 6 Aug 1996
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
  • Station Reference: E23343
  • EA Gauge ID: E23343-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 61 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: East Suffolk
  • EA Cross-check: 0.57 mAOD (EA at 24 Aug 00:15)

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Suffolk Coast at Woodbridge flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 0.57m. 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 Woodbridge?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.

How often is this river level data updated?

Readings are taken by the Environment Agency gauge roughly every 15 minutes and FloodRadar refreshes its data continuously, so the level shown is normally less than an hour old.

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