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Nuremberg
Day 1–2 · Thu 17 – Fri 18 December · Germany
The ship is in port on this day. Our record holds no river transit for it, so there is no stretch of river to read.
In port
The ship is in port on this day, and our record holds no river transit for it, so there is no stretch of river to read.
The ship is in port on this day. Our record holds no river transit for it, so there is no stretch of river being read here.
Bamberg
Day 3 · Saturday 19 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 |
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Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Würzburg
Day 4 · Sunday 20 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 |
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Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Marktheidenfeld
Day 5 · Monday 21 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 |
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Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Frankfurt
Day 6 · Tuesday 22 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 |
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Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Baden-Baden
Day 7 · Wednesday 23 December · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
312 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 312 cm |
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Water levels are measured at the Maxau gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 97 days away — beyond the daily forecast
What to check on the official page: Nothing published today can tell you the level on 23 December. Germany's federal hydrology institute. It publishes the official water-level forecasts and outlooks.'s daily forecast only reaches fourteen days ahead. Your call here is 97 days away. We have picked the product that does reach it, so you do not have to.
That product is BfG's six-week outlook. It is not a daily prediction. It shows likely ranges for each week. Each range is where that week's level is expected to fall, with the odds attached. The ranges come from many past-weather what-if runs, not from a single-line prediction.
The button below opens Maxau's own sheet directly. Find the week beginning 21 December.
From 9 December, this port will be fourteen days away. The daily forecast will then reach your date, and this block will switch itself over to it.
Open the six-week outlook for Maxau (PDF, German) (opens in a new tab)Strasbourg
Day 8 · Thursday 24 December · France
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
312 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 312 cm |
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Water levels are measured at the Maxau gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 98 days away — beyond the daily forecast
What to check on the official page: Nothing published today can tell you the level on 24 December. Germany's federal hydrology institute. It publishes the official water-level forecasts and outlooks.'s daily forecast only reaches fourteen days ahead. Your call here is 98 days away. We have picked the product that does reach it, so you do not have to.
That product is BfG's six-week outlook. It is not a daily prediction. It shows likely ranges for each week. Each range is where that week's level is expected to fall, with the odds attached. The ranges come from many past-weather what-if runs, not from a single-line prediction.
The button below opens Maxau's own sheet directly. Find the week beginning 21 December.
From 10 December, this port will be fourteen days away. The daily forecast will then reach your date, and this block will switch itself over to it.
Open the six-week outlook for Maxau (PDF, German) (opens in a new tab)Breisach
Day 9 · Friday 25 December · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
312 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 312 cm |
|---|
Water levels are measured at the Maxau gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 99 days away — beyond the daily forecast
What to check on the official page: Nothing published today can tell you the level on 25 December. Germany's federal hydrology institute. It publishes the official water-level forecasts and outlooks.'s daily forecast only reaches fourteen days ahead. Your call here is 99 days away. We have picked the product that does reach it, so you do not have to.
That product is BfG's six-week outlook. It is not a daily prediction. It shows likely ranges for each week. Each range is where that week's level is expected to fall, with the odds attached. The ranges come from many past-weather what-if runs, not from a single-line prediction.
The button below opens Maxau's own sheet directly. Find the week beginning 21 December.
From 11 December, this port will be fourteen days away. The daily forecast will then reach your date, and this block will switch itself over to it.
Open the six-week outlook for Maxau (PDF, German) (opens in a new tab)Basel
Day 10–11 · Sat 26 – Sun 27 December · Switzerland
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
312 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 312 cm |
|---|
Water levels are measured at the Maxau gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 100 days away — beyond the daily forecast
What to check on the official page: Nothing published today can tell you the level on 26 December. Germany's federal hydrology institute. It publishes the official water-level forecasts and outlooks.'s daily forecast only reaches fourteen days ahead. Your call here is 100 days away. We have picked the product that does reach it, so you do not have to.
That product is BfG's six-week outlook. It is not a daily prediction. It shows likely ranges for each week. Each range is where that week's level is expected to fall, with the odds attached. The ranges come from many past-weather what-if runs, not from a single-line prediction.
The button below opens Maxau's own sheet directly. Find the week beginning 21 December.
From 12 December, this port will be fourteen days away. The daily forecast will then reach your date, and this block will switch itself over to it.
Open the six-week outlook for Maxau (PDF, German) (opens in a new tab)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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