Pegel Nok Kiel Binnen — Nord-Ostsee-Kanal
The Nord-Ostsee-Kanal at Nok Kiel Binnen was 476 cm at 04:52 CEST on 24 October 2026, down 10 cm in 24 hours.
Last 7 days
Lowest 458 cm · highest 517 cm · 10080 readings
Other gauges on the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal
Awk Strohbrück 646 cm Nok Brunsbüttel 486 cm Nok Dükerswisch 480 cm Nok Breiholz 488 cm Nok Rendsburg 477 cm Nok Königsförde 480 cm Nok Kiel Aussen 527 cm
River km 97.8 · Standort Kiel · 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.