About River Levels
River Levels is an independent website for finding water-level readings and official weather information for Ireland.
The service is a public testing preview. It is not an official government service and does not issue flood warnings, forecasts or emergency alerts.
River Levels is operated by Nicholas Jones. You can contact us or give feedback and read our privacy and cookies notice.
Where the information comes from
- Water-level readings come from the Office of Public Works (OPW). Our station directory lists 456 measuring stations across Ireland.
- Official weather warnings and advisories come from Met Éireann. They remain Met Éireann's warnings; River Levels does not issue or rebrand them.
Attribution, source links and relevant limitations are shown alongside the information. Read how water levels are measured for the meaning of station readings, trends, charts and historical levels.
River photography
The river cards use documentary photographs of the named rivers. Images are cropped and resized for the cards; the photographers, original files and reuse terms are listed below.
- River Shannon: The River Shannon at Clonmacnoise by Bernd Thaller. Original photograph · CC BY 2.0.
- River Moy: The River Moy at Banada Priory by Andreas F. Borchert. Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0.
- River Barrow: The River Barrow approaching Athy by A.-K. D.. Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0.
- River Suir: Cahir Castle beside the River Suir by Andreas F. Borchert. Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0.
- River Blackwater (Munster): The River Blackwater (Munster) at Lismore by N Chadwick. Original photograph · CC BY-SA 2.0.
- River Nore: The River Nore in Kilkenny by Robert Linsdell. Original photograph · CC BY 2.0.
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How current are the readings?
Each reading shows when it was recorded. We check the OPW latest-reading feed every 15 minutes, but a check does not guarantee that a new reading is available. Source delays and service interruptions can occur.
Readings may be provisional and may be revised. Older or unavailable information is labelled, and missing or unreliable readings must not be treated as an all-clear. Gaps may appear in the recent-reading charts.
What a station reading cannot tell you
A water-level station measures water at one point. Its reading does not show where flooding is happening, whether a property is at risk or what will happen next. Nearby stations may be on different rivers.
A historical high is not a flood-warning threshold. An estimated rising or falling trend is not a forecast. Flooding can happen without a weather warning.
Always check current official information and follow advice from emergency services and your local authority. If there is an immediate danger to life, call 112 or 999.