Hamburg-Harburg gauge Elbe · km 615

Activity outlook

• 🚢 Shippingnot enough data

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ not below mean low water (MNW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
• 🛶 Paddlingnot enough data

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✓ not below mean low water (MNW)
  • ✓ change over 24 h ≤ 20 cm
• 🎣 Fishingnot enough data

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✓ change over 24 h ≤ 30 cm
• 🏊 Swimmingnot enough data

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ? water temperature ≥ 15 °C
  • ? water temperature ≥ 18 °C
  • ? EU bathing site ≤ 5 km rated excellent/good
  • ✗ not a federal waterway with shipping

• Status: no thresholds · 24 h trend: +2 cm

Calculated by fixed rules from official data. For orientation only – not a safety guarantee. Always check official warnings and conditions on site. See the rules

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Paddling: access points & locks

Put-ins and slipways (≤ 5 km)

• Slipway 0.1 km
• Slipway 0.3 km
• Slipway 0.4 km
• Slipway 0.4 km
• Slipway 0.6 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Yachthafen 0.1 km
• Marina: Hausboot Hafen Hamburg 0.3 km
• Marina: Hamburger Wassersport Gemeinschaft Süderelbe 0.4 km
• Marina: Yachtclub Hansa Harburg 0.5 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Harburger Hafen 0.2 km
• Lock 0.3 km
• Lock 1 km
• Lock: Veringschleuse 3.3 km

Straight-line distance from the gauge. Entries from OpenStreetMap, not officially verified; check lock hours with the WSV.

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• Pilgerroute Niedersachsen Hamburg 0.2 km

EuroVelo, German D-network and other long-distance routes passing within 3 km of the gauge (straight-line distance to the nearest route point). Check the route and its condition locally.

Fishing: Niedersachsen

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Lachs

Fishing rules Niedersachsen →

State derived from the gauge location; on border waters check both states. Checked 2026-10-18

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream Over km 605.3 456 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↑ upstream Bunthaus km 609.9 416 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Schöpfstelle km 615.3 380 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Hamburg St. Pauli km 623.1 357 cm ○ no thresholds

Elbe: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Documented floods on this river (HANZE)

• 28 May 2013: river, 14 deaths, 9.2 bn € losses (2020 prices)
• 28 Mar 2006: river, 3 deaths, 149 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 11 Aug 2002: river, 27 deaths, 12.9 bn € losses (2020 prices)
• 17 Mar 1988: river, 2 deaths

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• ELBEOST DERW_DEHH_EL_01
  Ecological potential: moderate (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: by 2027
• ELBEHAFEN DERW_DEHH_EL_02
  Ecological potential: moderate (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: by 2027
• SEEVEKANAL DERW_DEHH_SE_01
  Ecological potential: moderate (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: by 2027

Official assessment of the water body at this gauge from the 2022 river basin management plans (WFD target: at least “good”). It rates the whole water body, not today’s water quality.

Location

Sources & licences

• Water level/Discharge/Water temperature: PEGELONLINE (WSV), DL-DE Zero 2.0
• Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap