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UK National Tide Gauge Network | National Tidal and Sea Level Facility
UK National Tide Gauge Network | National Tidal and Sea Level Facility
National Tidal and Sea Level Facility
Tides
Storm surges
Products
About
About tides
Tides – questions and answers
Sea level – questions and answers
The Doodson-Légé Tide Predicting Machine
Tide clocks and watches
Tidal river bores
The River Dee / Afon Dyfrdwy
The River Mersey
UK National Tide Gauge Network
Data availability
Tidal predictions – UK and Ireland
UK South Atlantic Network
Gibraltar sea level station
Tidal predictions – South Atlantic
Tide gauge instruments
Definitions of tidal levels
Chart datum and ordnance datum
Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL)
(external link)
Engineers’ page
Proudman Building, Liverpool weather station
About storm surges
Tide-surge model
Surge model forecast
Surge model archive
Surge model archive: 2004–2019
Surge model ensemble forecasting
Skew surges
Skew surge history: England – south
Skew surge history: England – east
Skew surge history: England – west
Skew surge history: Wales
Skew surge history: Scotland
Skew surge history: Northern Ireland
Skew surge history: Isle of Man
Skew surge history: Channel Islands
Sea level trends
Sea level trend charts
Software
UK National Tide Gauge Network
The UK national network of sea level gauges was established after violent storms in the North Sea in 1953 resulted in serious flooding. The network provides high quality sea level information to provide warning of possible flooding of coastal locations around the British Isles.
The UK National Tide Gauge Network records tidal elevations at 42 locations around the UK coast. These data are also required for research into coastal processes, storm surge behaviour and sea level rise. The network is owned and operated by the Environment Agency. For enquiries, please contact the
Environment Agency’s customer services department
Find out about types of
instruments, tide gauges and systems
Real-time/near real-time data display
Use the links below to view
the latest measurements from gauges in the UK Tide Gauge Network
RT
real-time/near real-time
data from each tide gauge
ST
site information
for each tide gauge location
XL
highest recorded levels
for the history of the tide gauge location, up to 2012
During 2016–2025 maintenance was contracted to third parties. Since 2025 NOC has been tasked with the tide gauge maintenance, and site information updates (discontinued in 2016) will be available in due course.
England – south
Avonmouth
RT |
ST
XL
Avonmouth (Portbury)
RT
Bournemouth
RT
ST
XL
Dover
RT
ST
XL
Hinkley Point
RT
ST
XL
Ilfracombe
RT
ST
XL
Newhaven
RT
ST
XL
Newlyn
RT
ST
XL
Plymouth (Devonport)
RT
ST
XL
Portsmouth
RT
ST
XL
St. Mary’s
RT
ST
XL
Weymouth
RT
ST
XL
England – east
Cromer
RT
ST
XL
Felixstowe
RT |
ST
XL
Harwich
RT
ST
XL
Immingham
RT
ST
XL
Lowestoft
RT
ST
XL
North Shields
RT
ST
XL
Sheerness
RT
ST
XL
Whitby
RT
ST
XL
England – west
Heysham
RT
ST
XL
Liverpool
RT
ST
XL
Workington
RT
ST
XL
Wales
Barmouth
RT
ST
XL
Fishguard
RT
ST
XL
Holyhead
RT
ST
XL
Llandudno
RT
ST
XL
Milford Haven
RT
ST
XL
Mumbles
RT
ST
XL
Newport
RT
ST
XL
Scotland
Aberdeen
RT
ST
XL
Kinlochbervie
RT
ST
XL
Leith
RT
ST
XL
Lerwick
RT
ST
XL
Millport
RT
ST
XL
Moray Firth
RT |
ST
XL
Port Ellen
RT |
ST
XL
Portpatrick
RT
ST
XL
Stornoway
RT
ST
XL
Tobermory
RT
ST
XL
Ullapool
RT
ST
XL
Wick
RT
ST
XL
Northern Ireland
Bangor
RT
ST
XL
Portrush
RT
ST
XL
Isle of Man
Port Erin
RT
ST
XL
Channel Islands
St. Helier
RT
ST
XL
Notes:
Port Ellen tide gauge decomissioned December 2018.
Moray Firth tide gauge decomissioned August 2017.
Harwich tide gauge superseded Felixstowe January 2016.
Portbury (south of River Avon) replaced Avonmouth in 2011.
Chart datum to ordnance datum differences
are provided for selected ports.