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Current Level Information

The Murray Darling Bain Authority provides live data about the Murray River from the Border to the Sea. This information plots the height of the river level above sea level. The RMBOA graphs below plots the river level against the nominal pool levels to make it easier to see whether the level is above or below the normal level.

Longitudinal Section of River Murray System


NOTE:
You must make your own enquiries to determine whether the information presented on this page is current and whether it is relevant to your needs.

The RMBOA Voyage Planning Guide, which part of the RMBOA Membership Pack, provides more information about the Lock and Bridge operating times. The status of the river shown by the colours only reflects the latest information supplied to the RMBOA from river users and may not reflect the current state of the river.  Use this information at your own risk.

Current information in the form of an interactive map can be found at the River Murray Data website.
 
Murray River Conditions At A Glance
Colour Legend
  Lock Closed; or Danger in Area
  Caution Required / Bridge not opening
  No identified issues in the area
River Distance: N/A
Tauwitchere Lock
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: 8555 3040

River Distance: 8km
Goolwa Lock
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: (08) 8555 2046
            0408 813 729
River Distance: 12km
Goolwa WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance:  112 km
Murray Bridge
River Level

River Distance:  112 km
Murray Bridge WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance:  150 km
Mannum
River Level
River Distance:  150 km
Mannum WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 208km
Walker Flat WDS
Status: NOT OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 246 km
Swan Reach
River Level
River Distance: 246 km
Swan Reach WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 274 km
Lock1: Blanchetown
Downstream : Upstream
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: (08) 8540 5001
River Flow

River Distance: 274 km
Blanchetown WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 319km
Morgan WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 362 km
Lock 2: Waikerie
Downstream : Upstream
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: (08) 8543 2246

River Distance: 382 km
Waikerie
River Level

River Distance: 382 km
Waikerie WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 431 km
Lock 3: Overland Corner: Downstream : Upstream
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: (08) 8588 7005
River Distance: 431 km
Lock 3 WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 489 km
Loxton
River Level


River Distance: 516 km
Lock 4: Bookpurnong
Downstream : Upstream
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: (08) 8582 1388
River Distance: 524km
Berri WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 562 km
Lock 5: Renmark
Downstream : Upstream
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: (08) 8595 5114
River Flow
River Distance: 564 km
Paringa Bridge Opening Bridge

Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: 0408 955 322
Closed Height = 3.6 metres
River Distance: 566 km
Renmark WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 617 km
Lock 6 WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 620 km
Lock 6: Murtho
Downstream : Upstream
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: (08) 8595 8025

River Distance: 697 km
Lock 7: Rufus River
Downstream : Upstream
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: (03) 5027 8225

River Distance: 726 km
Lock 8: Wangumma
Downstream : Upstream
Status:  CLOSED - MAINTENANCE (May 2012)
Phone: (03) 5027 8231
River Distance: 765 km
Lock 9: Kulnine
Downstream : Upstream
Status:  OPERATIONAL
Phone: (03) 5028 2235
River Flow
River Distance: 825 km
Lock 10: Wentworth
Downstream : Upstream
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: (03) 5027 3190
River Flow
River Distance: 836 km
Wellington WDS
Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 878 km
Lock 11: Mildura
Downstream : Upstream
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: (03) 5023 1396
River Distance: 1110 km
Lock 15: Euston
Downstream : Upstream
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone:
River Flow
River Distance: 1228 km
Boundary Bend
 River Level

River Flow
River Distance: 1285 km
Wakool Junction
River Level

River Flow
River Distance: 1629 km
Lock 26: Torrumbarry Weir
River Information
Status: OPERATIONAL
Phone: (03) 5487 7221
   
Lower Murray River
Depth Profile
(Normalised to pool level)
Lake Victoria Lake Level, Inflow, Outflow, Storage River Flow
into South Australia

NOTES:

What is "pool level"?
Under normal conditions, the locks along the lower Murray River cause the river to form into a series of pools between the locks. The pool level is the height above sea level of the surface of the water in those pools. To allow river users to see whether the river level is above or below normal, the river levels in the RMBOA graphs are normalised around the pool level. That is, if the river river is the normal pool level, it will show as 0 metres. If it is above the normal level, the reading will be positive and if it is below the normal level, it was be shown as being negative.

What Does The "Depth Profile" show?
The depth profile represents the normalised depth of the river along its length in South Australia. If all the levels along  the river were at pool level, it would be a straight line as the normal  height variations would be removed. The vertical lines that are usually seen on the graph represent the weirs. Although in a flood, the water level above and below each weir is the same, the profile graph will show a large jump as there is a large difference between the normal level below the lock and the current level.

Slumping
The potential for riverbank and levee slumping continues below Lock 1. Care should be taken when mooring to look for signs of potential slumping.


River Murray Flow Advice

The Department of Water is providing weekly bulletins about the flow in the Murray River from Lock 9 to Murray Bridge. The advice is issued each Friday on their news page. Further information can be obtained by phoning (08) 8595 2299 for a recorded message.

River Murray Inundation Mapping

The Department of Water has provided a series of pdf maps from Mannum to Morgan that show the areas that would be expected to be inundated with a river flow of 80 gigalitres per day. The maps also show the level of the 1956 flood for comparison purposes. These maps only show estimated levels, but are expected to be reasonably accurate.

River Murray Flow Tracker

The River Smart website has developed a whole of basin flow tracker map that shows the current river flow rates at major points along the rivers.

Murray Darling Basin Weekly Report

The Murray Darling Basin Authority provides a weekly status report on the basin. This provides a wide range of information from across the entire basin.
 
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