North Sea at Büsum
The North Sea at Büsum read 418 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 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Up 20 cm in 24 hours.
- Down 288 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 477 cm to 567 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): 346 cm, over 2011 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tideniedrigwasserstand) The newest reading is 72 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high tide level (MThw): 663 cm, over 2011 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tidehochwasserstand) The newest reading is 245 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 957 cm at 02:54 CET on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 183 cm at 11:08 CET on 9 January 2026. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 737.8 cm on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 337.2 cm on 1 March 2018. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low tide in the period (NTnw): 196 cm, on 26 January 2012, over 2011 to 2020. (Niedrigster Tideniedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high tide in the period (HThw): 957 cm, on 6 December 2013, over 2011 to 2020. (Höchster Tidehochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
About this gauge
Büsum is a gauge on the North Sea in Germany.
It lies at 54.1218° N, 8.8591° 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 -5.019 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.