Environment Agency22 Oct 2026
Flood alert: South Devon coast from Start Point to Dawlish Warren
The Environment Agency raised a flood alert for South Devon coast from Start Point to Dawlish Warren (Devon, Torbay). The Environment Agency has issued 121 flood alerts, 0 flood warnings and 0 severe flood warnings for this area since 26 Oct 2015 (the area's history).
Flood alert
The notice
- Issued by
- Environment Agency
- Area
- South Devon coast from Start Point to Dawlish Warren
- Level
- Flood alert
- Issued
- 12:20, 22 Oct 2026
- County
- Devon, Torbay
- River or sea
- South Devon Coast
- Flood area code
- 113WACT1B
- Official source
- Environment Agency: the notice at its source
South Devon coast from Start Point to Dawlish Warren: every alert and warning since 2015England's flood areas ranked by alerts and warnings
Source: Environment Agency: the notice at its source. AreaZine rebuilds this page from the agency's record; the agency's page is the one to act on. This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The notice as issued
High tides, strong winds and large waves tomorrow morning may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible from 2 hours either side of high tide on Friday morning Areas particularly at risk include Torbay, Teignmouth, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton and Dawlish. The high tide at Exmouth on Friday is at 04:05 GMT, times of high water will vary along the coast. Forecast total high tide level is 2.03mAOD, which is 0.81 metres above tide table level. Strong force 7 north easterly winds and offshore wave heights of over 2.5m are forecast over the high tide. Coastal conditions should ease for Friday evening's high tide. We are closely monitoring the situation . Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water. This message will be updated by 12:00PM on Friday 23 October or as the situation changes.
Source: Environment Agency: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The record around this notice
- South Devon coast from Start Point to Dawlish Warren: every alert and warning since 2015121 in all
- England's flood areas ranked by alerts and warnings
- Flood alerts and warnings, October 202662 in the month
- The latest from the Environment Agency
- Every warning and recall in the United Kingdom
- Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning