River Levels

River Level Information

River level information is available from a number of web sites displaying information from The Bureau Of Meteorology, DPIWE and The Hydro. Experience is required to access the validity of the information, some being 24 hrs to 7 days old, some gauges have have been known to have erroneous heights shown on occasion. Use the automated information as a guide, coupled with rainfall data, rainfall / weather pattern predictions and any release information obtained from The Hydro - at all times visual inspection should be undertaken and judgement applied when getting on the river rather than blind faith in electronic data. River levels can change while you're on the river due to rainfall and Hydro discharges.

Site Link	Rivers & Areas covered with Comments	Source
Daily River Heights Bulletin	Rivers throughout Tasmania. Information current at 9am each morning but not posted until 10:30 to 11:00 am.	Bureau of Meteorology
Current info : NW Rivers	Mersey River	BOM Flood Warning Site NB the time of latest reading is noted
Current info : Northern Rivers	North Esk, South Esk, Meander, Macquarie, Nile, Elizabeth, St PatricksSt Pauls and Break O'Day Rivers	BOM Flood Warning Site NB the time of latest reading is noted
Current info : Southern Rivers	Derwent, Ouse, Clyde,Shannon, Huon Rivers and the Hobart Rivulet	BOM Flood Warning Site NB the time of latest reading is noted
Tasmanian Rainfall	Tasmania Selected sites across the state, color coded and mapped for a variety of time periods.	Bureau of Meteorology
Tasmanian Rainfall Data	Tasmania All sites across the state, unverified in text format. Useful for up-to-date rainfall info for local creeks catchements (eg NWB).	Bureau of Meteorology
Current Rainfall Intensity from Radar Hobart Radar North West Radar	SE and NW Tasmania Colour map of inferred rainfall intensity, usefull for local creeking.	Bureau of Meteorology
Weather Forcast	Tasmania Latest forcast,useful for planning trips.	Bureau of Meteorology
Hydro Storage Levels	Tasmania Useful to see which dams are spilling to get a not-often-flowing river trip in! NB some of the information can be as much a week old though!	The Hydro
Historic river flow data	Tasmania Recent and historic data at DPIWE monitoring sites around Tasmania. Easy navigation to rivers, graphically by catchement with both river level and flow-rate information available. Unfortunately no real-time data access.	DPIWE
Surf Information	Tasmania Access to web cams at beaches such as Clifton. When the rivers aren't up, this is where to check for surf options!	Coastview - CSIRO
4 Day Forcast Charts	Tasmania State weather charts	Bureau of Meteorology
River height Graphs	Tasmania Current River height graphs telemetered stations - last 2 weeks	DPIWE
Selected River height spreadsheet	Tasmania River heights and flow rates from telemetered stations	DPIWE