Ashley / Rakahuri

just now

Ashley River/Rakahuri at SH1 Bridge

31.5m³/s

Steady 4 h

7-day peak 133

Water 12.9°

High Likely dirty Likely dirty: 41 h since the last peak, 4.5× the 30-day median

Good from about Sun 10:00 pm · Sun 7:00 pm to Mon 2:30 am, below 25 m³/s, from this recession, after the peak due Sun 7:00 am

Along the river

alps to sea

Ashley Lees Valley

−0.87 m³/s in 3 h 31 min ago

+3.97 m³/s in 3 h 31 min ago

Steady 18 h 31 min ago

Steady 4 h 1 h ago

Travel times: Ashley Lees Valley → Ashley Gorge unknown; Ashley Gorge → Ashley RTB unknown; Ashley RTB → Ashley SH1 unknown.

Flow

m³/s, New Zealand time

Ashley Lees Valley
Ashley Gorge
Ashley SH1

Rain in the catchment

mm · ECAN gauges, highest first

Gauge	1 h	24 h	Today	Yest.	7 d
Lees Valley 518 m	0.0	0.5	0.5	8.0	66
Fox Creek 225 m	0.0	0.0	0.0	13	64
Okuku School 130 m	0.0	0.0	0.0	12	33

JBNZ river guide

uplifting, class, launching and flows by section

Sections

Ashley River / Rakahuri

Sea to SH1 No uplifting

SH1 to Ashley Gorge Class 2

Shingle, braided, willows · 41 km · 5 m/km

More than 20 cumecs at the Ashley Gorge gauging site. Ashley Gorge now 30.8 m³/s, above the minimum.

Launch SH1 bridge, north side; Rangiora township bridge

Ashley Gorge to Middle Bridge Class 3

Rocks, chutes, gorgy, no access · 12 km · 8.3 m/km

High flow, more than 70 cumecs at Ashley Gorge. Ashley Gorge now 30.8 m³/s, below the minimum.

Launch Ashley Gorge Holiday Park; contact the camp manager for the gate key

The sheet also says "requires 20 cumecs" for this section.

Middle Bridge to Gillespies Bridge Class 2

Rocks, gorgy, no access · 8 km · 7.5 m/km

50 cumecs at the Ashley Gorge recorder. Ashley Gorge now 30.8 m³/s, below the minimum.

Launch As above, or at Middle Bridge with difficulty, or off Mt Thomas Road

From the Jet Boating New Zealand Canterbury river information sheet of July 2024, transcribed by hand on 17 October 2026. Uplifting is whether the 5-knot limit is lifted for the section. JBNZ can update the sheet at any time; flo checked it 3.9 h ago. Open the PDF.

Weather

at Ashley SH1 · Open-Meteo

9pm

Clear

9.2°

–

8 E

12am

Clear

6.9°

–

6 NW

3am

Clear

6.0°

–

7 NW

6am

Fog

5.6°

–

9 NW

9am

Fog

9.0°

–

10 N

12pm

Clear

13.6°

–

14 E

3pm

Clear

13.9°

–

18 E

6pm

Clear

14.2°

–

13 E

9pm

Clear

11.3°

–

8 NE

12am

Clear

9.8°

–

9 N

3am

Clear

9.0°

–

12 NW

6am

Fog

6.6°

–

8 NW

Sat Clear 9.2°/ 7.3° dry

Sun Fog 14.3°/ 5.6° dry

Mon Fog 16.0°/ 6.6° dry

Tue Fog 15.6°/ 7.6° dry

Headwaters

at Ashley Lees Valley

Rain next 48 h

0.0mm

Lowest freezing level

2500m

Heavy rain with a high freezing level falls on snow and produces the biggest rises.