North Sea at Borkum Fischerbalje
The North Sea at Borkum Fischerbalje read 462 cm at .
That is below the normal range for the date, in the lowest 5 percent of the daily averages of these dates in the 25 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Down 53 cm in 24 hours.
- Down 170 cm in 7 days.
- We show no forecast values for German gauges: the forecasts PEGELONLINE relays come from the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), whose terms allow only private and own use. ELWIS and the BfG publish them. ELWIS BfG 6-week forecast
Long views: the past year, the past decade and the whole record
Normal range and official levels
The normal range for 5 October is 484 cm to 547 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 25 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Mean low tide level (MTnw): 381 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tideniedrigwasserstand) The newest reading is 81 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high tide level (MThw): 620 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tidehochwasserstand) The newest reading is 158 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 886 cm at 05:54 CET on 1 November 2006. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 231 cm at 04:27 CET on 1 March 2018. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 701.7 cm on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 359.9 cm on 1 March 2018. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low tide in the period (NTnw): 231 cm, on 1 March 2018, over 2010 to 2020. (Niedrigster Tideniedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high tide in the period (HThw): 883 cm, on 6 December 2013, over 2010 to 2020. (Höchster Tidehochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
About this gauge
Borkum Fischerbalje is a gauge on the North Sea in Germany.
It lies at 53.5574° N, 6.7479° E.
Its readings come from the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV), through PEGELONLINE.
The gauge reads the height of the water above a fixed zero, not the depth of the river. Its zero lies at -5.04 m above NHN (the German sea-level datum), valid from 1 November 2019.
PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.
The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.