Rangitata
just nowRangitata River at Klondyke
93.5m³/s
Steady 13 h
7-day peak 206
Water 14.9°
Good Clearing Clearing: 2.8 d since the last peak, still 1.5× the 30-day median; glacial, milky in warm weather
Good for about 17 h more · drops below 85 m³/s around Sun 3:45 pm, from this recession
Nothing rising upstream, no heavy rain in the catchment.
Along the river
alps to seaFlow
m³/s, New Zealand timeRain in the catchment
mm · ECAN gauges, highest first| Gauge | 1 h | 24 h | Today | Yest. | 7 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde at Erewhon 616 m | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37 |
| Klondyke 382 m | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 38 |
JBNZ river guide
uplifting, class, launching and flows by sectionSections
Rangitata RiverIncluding the Havelock and Clyde rivers. Deep Stream (Mesopotamia) and Deep Creek (Mt Potts) are non-boating areas.
Sea to SH1 Class 2
Boulders, braided · 18 km · 5.5 m/km
Launch Rangitata Huts, north side
SH1 to the intake Class 3
Boulders · 40 km · 3.9 m/km
85 cumecs at the Klondyke recorder plus the RDR abstraction (the RDR takes water between the gauge and this section). Rangitata now 93.5 m³/s, above the minimum.
Launch Below SH1 on the north side, at times
Intake to the gorge Class 4
Rapids, rocks · 6 km · 10 m/km
Has been boated at 150 cumecs. Rangitata now 93.5 m³/s.
Launch Launch ramp at the head of the gorge using the easement on the boundary of Stew Point and White Rock stations; permission from Stew Point, 03 696 3706. Beware of the silt and sinking sand.
Note the waterfall. Shut the gate. This is also the access used by Rangitata Rafts.
Gorge to Turnagain Point Class 1
Shingle, braided · 13 km · 1.4 m/km
Launch Ben McLeod Station, beside the road
Turnagain Point, also known as Red Rocks, is a red-coloured bluff on the true right where the Rangitata Gorge road comes closest to the river.
Turnagain Point to the Clyde Class 1
Shingle, braided · 25 km · 5.2 m/km
Clyde
Not usually boatable
Clyde to the Havelock, Forbes Junction Class 3 Closed 1 March to 31 July
Boulders, braided · 15 km · 12 m/km
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 Rangitata · Open-Meteo9pm
Partly cloudy
6.5°
–
3 SE
12am
Fog
6.1°
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4 W
3am
Fog
5.2°
–
2 W
6am
Fog
5.6°
–
5 W
9am
Fog
11.6°
–
3 W
12pm
Fog
15.1°
–
8 SE
3pm
Clear
16.4°
–
9 E
6pm
Clear
16.1°
–
9 E
9pm
Clear
11.2°
–
5 W
12am
Clear
10.8°
–
8 W
3am
Partly cloudy
8.8°
–
16 W
6am
Fog
7.4°
–
16 W
Sat Partly cloudy 6.5°/ 5.7° dry
Sun Fog 16.8°/ 4.9° dry
Mon Fog 16.7°/ 7.3° dry
Tue Fog 17.8°/ 8.7° dry
