The invention discloses a movable water inlet with a head positioned by adopting an upright post and a buoy. The movable water inlet comprises a pipeline system, a positioning system, a buoy system and a tunnel plugging section, wherein the pipeline system comprises a water taking head, a floating pipe and a flange joint, and is a main water delivery structure for extending the water inlet to a reservoir for taking water; the positioning system is positioned at the front end of the pipeline system, comprises the upright post, a cast-in-place pile, an upright post expansion foundation, an O-shaped steel buoy, a steel frame and a positioning wheel, and is used for fixing the water taking head at the front end of the pipeline system on a plane and at an elevation; the buoy system comprises the buoy, a steel wire rope and a balancing weight, and is used for fixing the floating pipe at a certain depth below the water surface; and the tunnel plugging section is positioned at the tail end ofthe pipeline system, is a water retaining structure, and is also an overflowing channel for water in the pipeline system to flow to a downstream water delivery tunnel along a built-in fixed pipeline of the tunnel plugging section. The movable water inlet has the advantages of flexible water taking point and water taking elevation, good wind wave resistance of a system structure, high automatic degree along with water level rise and fall, and suitability for water diversion and supply projects with high requirements on water quality.