Data on levels on selected rivers is now available online from SEPA (the Scottish Environment Protection Agency). The site has received rave reviews from paddlers, and is very useful for anyone planning to travel any distance to a river. It is possible that the number of rivers covered may be increased if there is enough demand. The SCA were one of the organisations who pressed SEPA to make this data public, and have been in discussion with SEPA to try to include more gauges of interest to paddlers and improvements in when the site updates.

The SCA have started compile a database relating the gauge levels to the "paddlability" of rivers closed to gauged rivers. A trial version of this is now available, but we still need your input to fill in the gaps in the table, and to improve the presentation of this information.. If you have any information on whether a river was stonking, normal or a scrape which can be related to the gauge level please let the use the feedback form from the link above.

Anglers have already been busy developing similar interpretations of levels at sites of interest to them, including some for SEPA gauges not currently shown on the SEPA site. Some details of levels gauges on the Tay, Tweed and Dee are available on the Salmon Fisheries Website.The gauge levels on this site are updated twice a day rather than the once a day updates shown on the SEPA site. There is also a lot of information about salmon fishing, which should increase paddlers' understanding of how anglers operate. The anglers have indicated they are happy for paddlers to link to their site, and hope that by sharing this sort of information river users can learn more about each other and avoid conflicts.