Pegel Hörnum — Nordsee
The Nordsee at Hörnum was 489 cm at 04:51 CEST on 24 October 2026, up 27 cm in 24 hours.
Last 7 days
Lowest 359 cm · highest 643 cm · 10078 readings
Other gauges on the Nordsee
Helgoland Binnenhafen 451 cm Pellworm Anleger 465 cm Wittdün 479 cm Borkum Fischerbalje 482 cm Borkum Südstrand 493 cm Helgoland Südhafen 451 cm Büsum 433 cm Husum 450 cm Dagebüll 495 cm List Auf Sylt 507 cm Eider-Sperrwerk Ap 451 cm Norderney Riffgat 460 cm Langeoog 453 cm Spiekeroog 454 cm Zehnerloch 444 cm Mittelgrund 436 cm Scharhörn 438 cm Bake A 450 cm Bake Z 446 cm
River km 100.0 · Standort Tönning · map ↗
Reading a gauge
- The number is not the depth. It is measured from a fixed gauge zero, so the shipping channel holds more water than the reading suggests.
- Low means below the gauge's mean low water (MNW); high means above its mean high water (MHW). Flood warnings come from each German state's flood centre.
- On the Rhine, barges load by the Kaub gauge in the Middle Rhine gorge; as it falls they carry less and freight costs rise.
- Swimming in the Rhine is dangerous at any level: strong currents and ship wash pull swimmers under.
What this page shows, and what it misses
Gauges on Germany's federal waterways, as published by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration every 15 minutes. These are raw readings ("Rohdaten") that can still be corrected. Small rivers run by the German states are not in this network — for those and for flood warnings, use your state's Hochwasserzentrale.
Data: Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV), PEGELONLINE, licence DL-DE→Zero-2.0.