Flood Check
Lagos flood, 28 Jun to 1 Jul 2026
Surulere: how deep did the water get?
In the Flood Check model of the Lagos flood of 28 June to 1 July 2026, the wettest tenth of Surulere had 16 cm of water or more (shin deep), with the most water at Tue 30 Jun, 17:00. Most of the area stayed under 10 cm.
The model has no blocked drains and no water from outside its 60 m squares, so a street can flood where the model shows little. Check the exact street.
The numbers
- Wettest tenth of the area
- 16 cm, shin deep
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 13%, at Tue 30 Jun, 17:00
- Hours with 10 cm or more
- 10 hours, in the wettest tenth
- Compared with Lagos
- wetter than 78% of the 122 Lagos areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Surulere with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Tafawa Balewa Crescentup to 62 cm, thigh deep
- Mercy Eneli Streetup to 56 cm, knee deep
- Adisa Bashua Streetup to 54 cm, knee deep
- Laboye Laleye Cresentup to 28 cm, shin deep
- Randle Avenueup to 26 cm, shin deep
- Akerele Roadup to 24 cm, shin deep
What the press reported
- Western Avenue: Funsho Williams Avenue, formerly Western Avenue, named among the flooded roads.Vanguard, 1 Jul
Renting or buying here?
Pin the exact address on the 3D map to see its depth for every hour of the flood. Water can sit on one street and miss the next, so check the address, not only the area. Ask neighbours how high the water got, and visit after heavy rain.