Water level
3520.2ft
+0.1 ft in 24h
USGS 09379900 updated 12:45 AM
Waters · Lakes · UT · Thu, Aug 13
How's the bite at Lake Powell today? Biting — the middle of the day carries it.
Worth a cast.
Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.
7/10
Biting
Today's bite windows
12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
10Peak 9 8Strong 7 6Good 5 4Slow 3 2 1Dead
Major
12:02 AM–2:02 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
6:11 AM–7:11 AM
Moonrise
Major
12:27 PM–2:27 PM
Moon overhead
Minor
7:30 PM–8:30 PM
Moonset
Sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 7:19 PM · tomorrow's first major 12:51 AM–2:51 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 1:36 AM
Conditions right now
Pressure
29.96inHg
steady · +0.34 hPa/12h
NOAA KPGA updated 1:25 AM
Wind
0mph N
NOAA KPGA updated 1:25 AM
Moon
2% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 1:36 AM
What this means
Largemouth bass, Crappie, Catfish
This gauge reports level but no water temperature, so depth calls stay open. Read the windows and the pressure trend instead.
Lake Powell water level today
3520.2 ft up 0.10 ft in 24 hours
That sits 12% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 3520 and 3521.6 ft. Over the week it is down1.20ft.
08-05 3520.00–3521.60 ft 08-13
USGS 09379900 updated 12:45 AM
The week ahead
| Fri | 7 | Biting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 6 | Biting | |
| Sun | 6 | Biting | |
| Mon | 5 | Picky | |
| Tue | 6 | Biting | |
| Wed | 6 | Biting | |
| Thu | 6 | Biting |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Before you go
A Utah fishing license covers this water — $40 a year for residents. DWR sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What it costs, and who is exempt →Nearby waters today
- 8 On fire Provo River UT · 394 km
- 9 On fire Great Salt Lake UT · 427 km
- 9 On fire Green River UT · 476 km
- 7 Biting Lake Travis TX · 1450 km
- 6 Biting Mille Lacs Lake MN · 1794 km
Questions people ask about Lake Powell
Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for Lake Powell.
- Is it worth fishing Lake Powell today?
- 7 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 12:02 AM–2:02 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish Lake Powell?
- Today's major windows run 12:02 AM–2:02 AM and 12:27 PM–2:27 PM, with minor windows at 6:11 AM–7:11 AM and 7:30 PM–8:30 PM. Sunrise is 5:41 AM and sunset 7:19 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Lake Powell?
- No gauge on Lake Powell measures water temperature. US reservoir gauges report height, not temperature — so rather than estimate it, this page leaves it out and leans on the windows and the pressure trend instead.
- What is the water level at Lake Powell right now?
- 3520.2 ft, read at 12:45 AM from USGS station 09379900. Over 24 hours it is up 0.10 ft.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in Lake Powell?
- That is a health question, and it is answered officially rather than by us. Utah Department of Environmental Quality publishes the fish consumption advisory covering these waters, where organised by contaminant and applying to named species and waters, with most Utah waters carrying no advisory at all. Read it before you keep a meal — we give no eating advice.
- Do you need a licence to fish Lake Powell?
- Yes. A Utah fishing license covers this water, required from age 12. DWR sets the rules and is the one that counts.
- What size fish can you keep in UT?
- It depends on the species, and several have slot limits rather than a simple minimum. Open to harvest today: trout, kokanee salmon and arctic grayling (a combined total), largemouth and smallmouth bass, black and white crappie (a combined total), channel catfish. Seasons here change mid-year by agency order, so the status is re-checked every morning.
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 1:36 AM
- NOAA KPGA Page, Page Municipal Airport 1:25 AM
- NOAA FGZ gridded forecast 11:33 PM
- USGS 09379900 LAKE POWELL AT GLEN CANYON DAM, AZ 12:45 AM
The gauge at Glen Canyon Dam sits on the Arizona side; most of the lake lies in Utah. The level here is the number the whole Southwest watches.
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.