North Sea at Borkum Südstrand
The North Sea at Borkum Südstrand read 474 cm at .
That is below the normal range for the date, in the lowest 10 percent of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Down 48 cm in 24 hours.
- Down 140 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 479 cm to 543 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Mean low tide level (MTnw): 378 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tideniedrigwasserstand) The newest reading is 96 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high tide level (MThw): 609 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tidehochwasserstand) The newest reading is 135 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 3 January 2000: 1,117 cm at 06:16 CEST on 5 October 2011. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 3 January 2000: 0 cm at 18:29 CET on 26 November 2004. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 3 January 2000: 690.8 cm on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 3 January 2000: 0 cm on 27 November 2004. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low tide in the period (NTnw): 224 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): 871 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 Südstrand is a gauge on the North Sea in Germany.
It lies at 53.5769° N, 6.6614° 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 -5.02 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.