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Waiau Toa / Clarence

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Waiau Toa/Clarence River at Clarence Valley Road
117m³/s
Steady 16 h
7-day peak 160
Water 7.9°
High Clearing Clearing: 44 h since the last peak
Base flow (91.9) sits above the good band, so it will not get there on this recession.

Along the river

alps to sea
Waiau Toa Jollies
24.3m³/s
Rising
+1.77 m³/s in 3 h 23 min ago
Waiau Toa/Clarence
117m³/s
Steady
Steady 16 h 28 min ago

Travel times: Waiau Toa Jollies → Waiau Toa/Clarence unknown.

Flow

m³/s, New Zealand time
  • Waiau Toa Jollies
  • Waiau Toa/Clarence

JBNZ river guide

uplifting, class, launching and flows by section

Sections

Waiau Toa / Clarence River
Sea to Jollies Pass Class 3 Note: for the part in the Kaikōura District a restricted discretionary resource consent is required
Boulders, gorgy, rapids, isolated · 185 km · 5.25 m/km
Minimum 10 cumecs at the Jollies Pass recorder, ideal about 15. Waiau Toa Jollies now 24.3 m³/s, above the minimum.
Launch Near the Acheron accommodation house, or from farmland near Glen Alton; Quail Flat with permission from Muzzle Station
Jollies Pass to Leader Stream Class 3
Rocks, boulders · 12 km · 6.7 m/km
Launch Off the riverbed where possible
Leader Stream to Lake Tennyson Class 4
Rocks, boulders · 24 km · 10.4 m/km
Launch Off the riverbed where possible
Requires above-average flows

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 Waiau Toa/Clarence · Open-Meteo
9pm
Partly cloudy
8.1°
–
1 SE
12am
Fog
7.4°
–
0 W
3am
Fog
6.1°
–
1 NW
6am
Fog
4.5°
–
1 NW
9am
Partly cloudy
11.0°
–
5 NE
12pm
Partly cloudy
14.5°
–
8 E
3pm
Overcast
14.4°
–
8 E
6pm
Overcast
14.6°
–
6 E
9pm
Clear
11.9°
–
2 W
12am
Clear
11.5°
–
3 W
3am
Clear
11.0°
–
5 W
6am
Clear
11.2°
–
6 W
Sat Fog 8.1°/ 7.7° dry
Sun Fog 14.8°/ 4.5° dry
Mon Fog 19.2°/ 11.0° dry
Tue Overcast 18.2°/ 10.6° dry

Headwaters

at Waiau Toa Jollies
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.