Guidance
Coastal modelling standards
Standards for the flood risk management industry on how to build and review open coast models and provide evidence for coastal risk management decisions.
Applies to England
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Details
These standards are techniques that you can use in non-real time coastal modelling.
Use this best practice guidance to help you:
- build non-real time open coast flood models using the source, pathway and receptor
- review non-real time open coast flood models
- maintain consistency across the flood risk management industry
Real-time open coast flood modelling is not included within this document.
River modelling standards
We also provide river modelling standards. These explain how to:
- build and review hydraulic models
- provide evidence for flood risk management decisions
Updates to this page
Published 8 May 2026