Upper Blackwater River water level
NWS gauge ROEF1 · Florida Department of Environmental Protection · Santa Rosa County · Pensacola and the Emerald Coast
stage above a datum the NWS does not state · Nov 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM CST · 2 hours ago
- Usual range
- 1.91 to 5.22 ft
- Highest since October 5, 2026
- 6.90 ft
- Rip Current Statement — issued Nov 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM CST, expires Nov 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM CST.
Rip Current Statement issued November 3 at 3:08PM CST until November 4 at 6:00PM CST by NWS Mobile AL
Text as issued by NWS Mobile AL.
Last 7 days
Hourly averages of the readings. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since October 5, 2026.
How to read this gauge
The number is the stage in feet on this gauge's own scale, as the NWS publishes it. The NWS gives no datum for it, so it is not a depth and can't be compared with other gauges.
Readings the NWS marks out of service are left out, and so is any single reading more than 2 ft from the readings either side of it, which is a sensor error rather than water; a newest reading that far from the one before waits for the next to agree.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection runs this gauge; the National Weather Service publishes its readings, which is where this site reads them.
Daily highs and lows since October 5, 2026
Other NWS-published gauges in Pensacola and the Emerald Coast
| Gauge | Stage | Datum | NWS flood stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Creek at Black Creek Landing | 1.74 ft | NAVD88 | 1.2 ft below minor flood stage | 56 minutes ago |
| Choctawhatchee Bay at Big Hammock Point | 1.12 ft | MHHW | 1.9 ft below minor flood stage | 62 minutes ago |
| Choctawhatchee Bay at Four Mile Creek Park | 0.91 ft | MHHW | 1.1 ft below minor flood stage | 56 minutes ago |
| Choctawhatchee Bay at Hogtown Bayou | 0.99 ft | MHHW | 1.0 ft below minor flood stage | 62 minutes ago |
| Choctawhatchee Bay at Lagrange Bayou | 1.09 ft | MHHW | 0.9 ft below minor flood stage | 62 minutes ago |
| Choctawhatchee Bay at Pilcher Park | 0.88 ft | MHHW | 2.1 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Choctawhatchee River at Bunker | 0.97 ft | MHHW | 1.5 ft below minor flood stage | 56 minutes ago |
| Cinco Bayou | 1.50 ft | MHHW | 1.0 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| East Pass Destin | 1.05 ft | MHHW | 1.9 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Eldredge Park | 1.22 ft | MHHW | 1.8 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Escambia Bay Tide Station at Cypress Point | 0.77 ft | MHHW | 2.2 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Fort Walton Beach | 0.71 ft | MHHW | 1.3 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Milton Riverwalk | 0.78 ft | MHHW | 2.2 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Old Pass Lagoon at Destin | 1.01 ft | MHHW | 2.0 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Pensacola Bay at Fort Pickens | 0.95 ft | MHHW | 1.6 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Tide Gauge at Bagdad Boat Ramp | 0.88 ft | MHHW | 1.1 ft below action stage | 2 hours ago |
| Tide Gauge at Bagdad Mill Site Park | 0.73 ft | MHHW | 1.3 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Tide Gauge at Pond Creek | 0.92 ft | MHHW | 2.6 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Tide Station at Lora Point | 0.84 ft | MHHW | 3.7 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Tide Station at San Miguel Street and 23rd Avenue | 0.74 ft | MHHW | 3.3 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Tide Station near Avalon Boat Ramp | 0.34 ft | MHHW | 2.2 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Yellow River at Brown's Fishing Camp | 0.66 ft | MHHW | 1.8 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
Download the readings
upper-blackwater-river.csv (CSV): every reading from the last 90 days, 6,943 rows, with time in UTC and local time, and the reading in feet on a datum the NWS does not state.
upper-blackwater-river-daily.csv (CSV): the low and high of every day since October 5, 2026.
Source. Readings from Florida Department of Environmental Protection, as published by the National Weather Service. The NWS name for this gauge is “Upper Blackwater River”. Recent readings are provisional and can be revised. This site is not affiliated with either.