Pegel Nordfeld Oberwasser — Eider
The Eider at Nordfeld Oberwasser was 427 cm at 04:50 CEST on 24 October 2026, down 24 cm in 24 hours. That is within the normal range.
Last 7 days
Lowest 0 cm · highest 468 cm · 10078 readings
Other gauges on the Eider
Lexfähre Oberwasser 469 cm Lexfähre Unterwasser 424 cm Nordfeld Unterwasser 425 cm Friedrichstadt Strassenbrücke 402 cm Tönning 409 cm Eider-Sperrwerk Bp 405 cm
River km 78.2 · 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.