River Levels

River Level Information

River level information is available from a number of web sites displaying information from The Bureau Of Meteorology, DPIPWE and Hydro Tasmania. Experience is required to assess the validity of the information, some being 24 hrs to 7 days old, some gauges have have been known to have erroneous heights shown on occasion. Use the automated information as a guide, coupled with rainfall data, rainfall / weather pattern predictions and any release information obtained from Hydro Tasmania.  At all times visual inspection should be undertaken and judgement applied when getting on the river rather than blind faith in electronic data. River levels can change while you’re on the river due to rainfall and Hydro discharges.

Site Link

Rivers & Areas covered with Comments Source

Tasmanian Rainfall

Tasmania
Selected sites across the state, color coded and mapped for a variety of time periods.
Bureau of Meteorology

Daily River Heights Bulletin

Rivers throughout Tasmania.
Information current at 9am each morning but not posted until 10:30 to 11:00 am.
Bureau of Meteorology

Current info : NW Rivers

Mersey River, Forth below Wilmot and Duck River BOM Flood Warning Site
NB the time of latest reading is noted

Current info : Northern Rivers

North Esk, South Esk, Meander, Macquarie, Nile, Elizabeth, St PatricksSt Pauls and Break O’Day Rivers BOM Flood Warning Site
NB the time of latest reading is noted

Current info : Southern Rivers

Derwent, Ouse, Clyde,Shannon, Huon Rivers and the Hobart Rivulet BOM Flood Warning Site
NB the time of latest reading is noted

Radars

SE and NW Tasmania
Colour map of inferred rainfall intensity
Bureau of Meteorology

Weather Forecast

Tasmania
Latest forecast,useful for planning trips.
Bureau of Meteorology

Hydro Storage Levels 
Hydro River Levels

Tasmania
Useful to see which dams are spilling to get a not-often-flowing river trip in.
Hydro Tasmania

Water Information Tasmania Web Portal

Tasmania
New DPIPWE portal to monitoring sites around Tasmania.
DPIPWE