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Zürich
Day 1–2 · Sat 7 – Sun 8 November
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.
Basel
Day 3 · Monday 9 November · Switzerland
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
307 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 307 cm |
|---|
Water levels are measured at the Maxau gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 61 days away — beyond the daily forecast
What to check on the official page: Nothing published today can tell you the level on 9 November. 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 61 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 9 November.
From 26 October, 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 4 · Tuesday 10 November · France
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
307 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 307 cm |
|---|
Water levels are measured at the Maxau gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 62 days away — beyond the daily forecast
What to check on the official page: Nothing published today can tell you the level on 10 November. 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 62 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 9 November.
From 27 October, 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)Speyer
Day 5 · Wednesday 11 November · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
307 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 307 cm |
|---|
Water levels are measured at the Maxau gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 63 days away — beyond the daily forecast
What to check on the official page: Nothing published today can tell you the level on 11 November. 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 63 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 9 November.
From 28 October, 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)Mainz
Day 6 · Thursday 12 November · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
307 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 307 cm |
|---|
Water levels are measured at the Maxau gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 64 days away — beyond the daily forecast
What to check on the official page: Nothing published today can tell you the level on 12 November. 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 64 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 9 November.
From 29 October, 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)Koblenz
Day 7 · Friday 13 November · Germany
The measured level is under half of Waterlogged's reference line for a ship of this class.
65 cm below Waterlogged’s reference line
That is how far today's measured level sits below the line we estimate a ship of this class needs. The level it is measured against is our own estimate, not a figure from the cruise line.
| Water level now | 28 cm |
|---|---|
| How we calculate ship needWaterlogged estimates that a river needs to be 2.05m in depth to be navigable by river cruises. A river cruise ship has a draft of approximately 1.60m and we add an additional 0.45m above this. This number is not from official cruise line reports. Ships with smaller drafts or special permission may be able to sail in less water. The figure on the page beside this note is a gauge level, and a gauge level is the height of the water at one measuring station, read from that station's own zero. It is not the depth of the navigable channel, it is not the room left under a ship's keel, and it is not a ship's draft. Our line is a level we compare today's reading with. It is not a depth anybody has measured under your ship. | 93 cm |
| Normal for 13 November | 144 cm |
On the record: For 2015–2025, we checked the eleven days around this date. Kaub’s lowest daily average was 34 cm, in 2018. Today’s reading is 28. That is below every one of the 121 readings in that window.
Water levels are measured at the Kaub gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 65 days away — beyond the daily forecast
What to check on the official page: Nothing published today can tell you the level on 13 November. 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 65 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 Kaub's own sheet directly. Find the week beginning 9 November. Then read which band it sits in against the How we calculate ship needWaterlogged estimates that a river needs to be 2.05m in depth to be navigable by river cruises. A river cruise ship has a draft of approximately 1.60m and we add an additional 0.45m above this. This number is not from official cruise line reports. Ships with smaller drafts or special permission may be able to sail in less water. The figure on the page beside this note is a gauge level, and a gauge level is the height of the water at one measuring station, read from that station's own zero. It is not the depth of the navigable channel, it is not the room left under a ship's keel, and it is not a ship's draft. Our line is a level we compare today's reading with. It is not a depth anybody has measured under your ship. line on this page.
From 30 October, 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 Kaub (PDF, German) (opens in a new tab)WLSN — Water level a ship of this class needs (93 cm)
BfG’s own 14-day forecast: their low-to-high range and middle line · BfG issued this forecast: 2026-09-07 GMT+1 · Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG)
BfG’s own 6-week outlook: one block for each whole published week · 3 of 4 published weeks reach beyond the scale of this frame and are not drawn · BfG issued this forecast: 2026-09-03 · Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG)
Cochem
Day 8 · Saturday 14 November · Germany
The measured level is under half of Waterlogged's reference line for a ship of this class.
65 cm below Waterlogged’s reference line
That is how far today's measured level sits below the line we estimate a ship of this class needs. The level it is measured against is our own estimate, not a figure from the cruise line.
| Water level now | 28 cm |
|---|---|
| How we calculate ship needWaterlogged estimates that a river needs to be 2.05m in depth to be navigable by river cruises. A river cruise ship has a draft of approximately 1.60m and we add an additional 0.45m above this. This number is not from official cruise line reports. Ships with smaller drafts or special permission may be able to sail in less water. The figure on the page beside this note is a gauge level, and a gauge level is the height of the water at one measuring station, read from that station's own zero. It is not the depth of the navigable channel, it is not the room left under a ship's keel, and it is not a ship's draft. Our line is a level we compare today's reading with. It is not a depth anybody has measured under your ship. | 93 cm |
| Normal for 14 November | 145 cm |
On the record: For 2015–2025, we checked the eleven days around this date. Kaub’s lowest daily average was 32 cm, in 2018. Today’s reading is 28. That is below every one of the 121 readings in that window.
Water levels are measured at the Kaub gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 66 days away — beyond the daily forecast
What to check on the official page: Nothing published today can tell you the level on 14 November. 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 66 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 Kaub's own sheet directly. Find the week beginning 9 November. Then read which band it sits in against the How we calculate ship needWaterlogged estimates that a river needs to be 2.05m in depth to be navigable by river cruises. A river cruise ship has a draft of approximately 1.60m and we add an additional 0.45m above this. This number is not from official cruise line reports. Ships with smaller drafts or special permission may be able to sail in less water. The figure on the page beside this note is a gauge level, and a gauge level is the height of the water at one measuring station, read from that station's own zero. It is not the depth of the navigable channel, it is not the room left under a ship's keel, and it is not a ship's draft. Our line is a level we compare today's reading with. It is not a depth anybody has measured under your ship. line on this page.
From 31 October, 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 Kaub (PDF, German) (opens in a new tab)WLSN — Water level a ship of this class needs (93 cm)
BfG’s own 14-day forecast: their low-to-high range and middle line · BfG issued this forecast: 2026-09-07 GMT+1 · Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG)
BfG’s own 6-week outlook: one block for each whole published week · 3 of 4 published weeks reach beyond the scale of this frame and are not drawn · BfG issued this forecast: 2026-09-03 · Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG)
Bernkastel; Trier
Day 9 · Sunday 15 November · France
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
218 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 218 cm |
|---|---|
| Normal for 15 November | 242 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)Reims; Paris
Day 10 · Monday 16 November
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.
Paris
Day 11–12 · Tue 17 – Wed 18 November · 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.
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
This list repeats the map information. It is there for phones, for screen readers and for printing.
Cities are drawn at their true latitude and longitude. The river line is a simplified course, not a navigation chart. Course geometry: Natural Earth (public domain) and © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.
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