Gauge Emmerich: current water level and draft

Water level at the Emmerich gauge

On 25/10/2026 at 05:15 the Emmerich gauge read 15 cm, 16 cm higher than 24 hours earlier. Source: PEGELONLINE (WSV).

Gauge Emmerich is on the Rhine at kilometre 852, on the km 837–857 stretch.

Fairway depth and rule of thumb

The GlW is 74 cm and the fairway depth maintained below it (TuGlW) is 280 cm; after deducting 30 cm of safety margin the official rule of thumb comes out at Emmerich +176. In practice Emmerich +210 is used here, +34 cm against the official rule.

The fairway depth below GlW is what counts as long as no Fehltiefen are reported. Fehltiefen (shortfalls in fairway depth) are published on ELWIS Fehltiefen. The safety margin is not a statutory value and has to be taken on top of the reduced fairway depth listed there.

High water: Marke I and Marke II

At high water Marke I is at 700 cm and Marke II, above which the waterway closes, at 870 cm.

Forecasts and neighbouring gauges

This gauge has 3 forecast sources: the 4-day forecast from Elwis (green), the 2-day forecast from the Hochwasserzentrale Rheinland-Pfalz (red) and the 14-day forecast from the BAfG (yellow). Upstream lies Wesel, downstream Lobith.

Reference planes

The reference planes at the Emmerich gauge, evaluated at the gauge's position.

• GlW74 cm PNP
  GlW 2022
  Source: WSV, GlW 2022

Gauge zero: 7.998 m NHN (DHHN2016)