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Basel
Day 1–2 · Fri 18 – Sat 19 September · Switzerland
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.
Breisach
Day 3 · Sunday 20 September · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
319 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 319 cm |
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Water levels are measured at the Maxau gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 13 days away — beyond this forecast's reach
What to check on the official page: BfG does not forecast Maxau. Its daily fourteen-day product covers seven Rhine gauges further downstream, and Maxau is not one of them. The service that does forecast this gauge is Baden-Württemberg's own flood forecast centre, and ELWIS sends you there too.
On that page choose the Vorhersage tab. A solid line runs about two days ahead in centimetres. After that the chart switches to a wider trend estimate with a shaded band around it and a no-rain scenario, reaching roughly a fortnight.
Nothing on that page reaches 20 September yet. The forecast line stops about two days out, and the trend estimate past it is a range, not a date. Come back nearer the day.
Whichever line you read, it is the authority's, not ours. Waterlogged reports measured levels and the record behind them, and publishes no forward level of its own.
Open the official Maxau forecast (German) (opens in a new tab)Strasbourg
Day 4 · Monday 21 September · France
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
319 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 319 cm |
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Water levels are measured at the Maxau gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 14 days away — beyond this forecast's reach
What to check on the official page: BfG does not forecast Maxau. Its daily fourteen-day product covers seven Rhine gauges further downstream, and Maxau is not one of them. The service that does forecast this gauge is Baden-Württemberg's own flood forecast centre, and ELWIS sends you there too.
On that page choose the Vorhersage tab. A solid line runs about two days ahead in centimetres. After that the chart switches to a wider trend estimate with a shaded band around it and a no-rain scenario, reaching roughly a fortnight.
Nothing on that page reaches 21 September yet. The forecast line stops about two days out, and the trend estimate past it is a range, not a date. Come back nearer the day.
Whichever line you read, it is the authority's, not ours. Waterlogged reports measured levels and the record behind them, and publishes no forward level of its own.
Open the official Maxau forecast (German) (opens in a new tab)Baden-Baden
Day 5 · Tuesday 22 September · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
319 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 319 cm |
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Water levels are measured at the Maxau gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Your call here is 15 days away — beyond the daily forecast
What to check on the official page: Nothing published today can tell you the level on 22 September. 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 15 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 September.
From 8 September, 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)Frankfurt
Day 6 · Wednesday 23 September · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
138 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 138 cm |
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Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Marktheidenfeld
Day 7 · Thursday 24 September · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
138 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 138 cm |
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Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Würzburg
Day 8 · Friday 25 September · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
138 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 138 cm |
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Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Bamberg
Day 9 · Saturday 26 September · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
138 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 138 cm |
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Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
Nuremberg
Day 10–11 · Sun 27 – Mon 28 September · Germany
This is a real reading. There is nothing published to measure it against.
138 cm measured
Nothing is published for this stretch to measure the reading against.
| Water level now | 138 cm |
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Water levels are measured at the Würzburg gauge – German federal waterways gauge service (PEGELONLINE).
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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