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Paris
Day 1–2 · Wed 9 – Thu 10 December · France
The ship does not sail on this day. Your itinerary spends it on land, so no river level applies to it.
Not sailing
Your itinerary spends this day on land, so the ship does not sail and no river level applies to it.
Your itinerary spends this day on land. The ship is not sailing, so no river level applies to it and no waterway notice is about it.
Reims; Trier
Day 3 · Friday 11 December
The ship does not sail on this day. Your itinerary spends it on land, so no river level applies to it.
Not sailing
Your itinerary spends this day on land, so the ship does not sail and no river level applies to it.
Your itinerary spends this day on land. The ship is not sailing, so no river level applies to it and no waterway notice is about it.
Trier; Bernkastel
Day 4 · Saturday 12 December · France
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
217 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 217 cm |
|---|---|
| Normal for 12 December | 272 cm |
Water levels are measured at the Cochem gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
What to check on the official page: No German federal forecast covers the Moselle. The state flood forecast centre for Rhineland-Palatinate is the one service that forecasts this gauge, and the button below opens Cochem's own page there.
Its own notice says a Cochem forecast is only possible above 241 cm, because weirs hold this water at a working level. Below that the chart shows a flat line rather than a forecast.
The risk this page is built for is high water, not low. For a day on this stretch, the thing to check is the notices — lock works and closures — rather than a level.
Open the official Cochem page (German) (opens in a new tab)Cochem; Winningen
Day 5 · Sunday 13 December · France
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
217 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 217 cm |
|---|---|
| Normal for 13 December | 274 cm |
Water levels are measured at the Cochem gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
What to check on the official page: No German federal forecast covers the Moselle. The state flood forecast centre for Rhineland-Palatinate is the one service that forecasts this gauge, and the button below opens Cochem's own page there.
Its own notice says a Cochem forecast is only possible above 241 cm, because weirs hold this water at a working level. Below that the chart shows a flat line rather than a forecast.
The risk this page is built for is high water, not low. For a day on this stretch, the thing to check is the notices — lock works and closures — rather than a level.
Open the official Cochem page (German) (opens in a new tab)Mainz
Day 6 · Monday 14 December · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
154 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 154 cm |
|---|
Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Heidelberg
Day 7 · Tuesday 15 December · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
154 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 154 cm |
|---|
Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Würzburg
Day 8 · Wednesday 16 December · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
154 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 154 cm |
|---|
Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Bamberg
Day 9 · Thursday 17 December · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
154 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 154 cm |
|---|
Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Nuremberg; Prague
Day 10 · Friday 18 December · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
154 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 154 cm |
|---|
Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Prague
Day 11–12 · Sat 19 – Sun 20 December · Czechia
The ship does not sail on this day. Your itinerary spends it on land, so no river level applies to it.
Not sailing
Your itinerary spends this day on land, so the ship does not sail and no river level applies to it.
Your itinerary spends this day on land. The ship is not sailing, so no river level applies to it and no waterway notice is about it.
What the statuses mean — each one is measured against the level we estimate a ship of this class needs
- Far below the lineThe measured level is under half of Waterlogged's reference line for a ship of this class.
- Below the lineThe measured level is below Waterlogged's reference line for a ship of this class.
- Above the lineThe measured level is at or above Waterlogged's reference line for a ship of this class.
- Lock-controlledLocks hold this water at a working level, so low water is far less likely to affect this stretch. Other things still can.
- No line publishedThis is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
- No reading yetWe watch a gauge on this stretch. No current reading is on file for it.
- No gauge on this stretchWe watch no gauge on this stretch of river. There is no reading for this day and no line to measure one against.
- In portThe ship is in port on this day. Our record holds no river transit for it, so there is no stretch of river to read.
- Not sailingThe ship does not sail on this day. Your itinerary spends it on land, so no river level applies to it.
The small white boards mark A riverside station that measures the water level in centimetres against a fixed zero point. stations — the places where a reading is physically taken. Each is drawn at its own town's coordinate, which can sit close to the port it serves. Each stretch is coloured by the worst port on it. A gauge level is not the depth of the The navigable channel where ships are meant to pass., not the room under your ship's keel, and not your ship's How deep a ship sits in the water. That depth sets how much water it needs underneath..
Every port, in the order you reach it
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