The Bulgarian–Romanian bars

No dataupdated just now

No data never means normal — it means we don’t have a reading.

Why this stretch matters

This page shows the live coarse status of the Lower Danube around Svishtov, Belene, Ruse, 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.

The gauges behind it

  • Svishtov

    -6 cm · level above local gauge zero — not river depth · measured 20 h ago

    No data

  • Nikopol

    31 cm · level above local gauge zero — not river depth · measured 20 h ago

    No data

  • Somovit, km 609.000 - 607.000

    194 cm · shallowest surveyed fairway depth · measured just now

    No data

  • Palets island, km 586.000 - 584.000

    204 cm · shallowest surveyed fairway depth · measured just now

    No data

  • G. Byrzina island, km 576.000 - 573.000

    194 cm · shallowest surveyed fairway depth · measured just now

    No data
  • + 6 more fords monitored on this reach

Affected journeys

More stretches on the Lower Danube: Iron Gates (Djerdap)

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