Potsdam gauge Potsdamer Havel · km 26.6

Activity outlook

• 🚢 Shippingsuitable

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

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

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

  • ✓ 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: normal · 24 h trend: 0 cm · Water temperature: 12.8 °C · Havel Tiefer See Stadtbad Park Babelsberg (Excellent, 0.6 km)

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 0.2 km
• Slipway 0.4 km
• Slipway 0.5 km
• Slipway 1 km
• Slipway: ESV Lok Potsdam e.V. 1.3 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Angelverein Ortsgruppe Babelsberg 0.2 km
• Marina: Marina am Tiefen See 0.2 km
• Marina: Angelsportverein Freundschaft 0.4 km
• Marina: Potsdamer Seesportclub 0.5 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Nordkammer 9.3 km

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

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• [D11] Ostsee-Oberbayern 04 [Brandenburg Süd] 0.8 km
• EuroVelo 7 - Sonnen-Route - Teil Deutschland 0.8 km
• D-Netz Route 3 0.8 km
• Radweg Deutsche Einheit - Abschnitt 5: Dessau - Berlin 0.8 km
• Europaradweg R1 - Abschnitt Deutschland Teil 5 0.8 km
• EuroVelo 2 - Deutschland Teil 5 0.8 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: Brandenburg

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Lachs

Fishing rules Brandenburg →

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

Gauges up- and downstream

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Potsdamer Havel: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

229 cm

Lowest on record (NNW)

35 cm

Today vs. record

139 cm below HHW, 55 cm above NNW

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• HAVEL12 DERW_DEBB58_12
  Ecological status: poor (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good
  Good status expected: after 2027
• NUTHE41 DERW_DEBB584_41
  Ecological potential: poor (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: after 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