This page shows the live coarse status of the Upper Danube around Melk, Dürnstein, Krems, derived from the official checkpoints listed below. The verdict is deliberately coarse and honest: status and trend, no forecasts.
A full editorial guide to what this stretch means for river cruises is being reviewed and will be published here.
Kienstock
170 cm · level above local gauge zero — not river depth · measured 32 min ago
Dürnstein
301 cm · level above local gauge zero — not river depth · measured 32 min ago
More stretches on the Upper Danube: Regensburg → Passau, Passau & the Inn confluence, Vienna → Bratislava, Budapest & the Danube Bend
“Wachau: Melk → Krems — current status: Normal, trend rising (32 min ago) · https://rivercruise.app/water-watch/danube-wachau-melk-krems”