Kowhai River at Above Sandy Creek

4.50m
Sat, 17 Oct, 11:05 pm · 23 min ago
Steady
3 h change
+17 mm
Steady for
10 h
7-day peak
4.64
Fri, 16 Oct, 10:10 am
30-day median
4.43
30-day range
4.22 – 4.67
Highest gauged
4.09 m³/s

Stage

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JBNZ river guide

Kowhai River, sections that cite this gauge are marked

Sections

Kowhai River
Sea to source Class 3
Shingle, steep, fast
Needs high flow conditions. No history known. Please give information to JBNZ if you boat it.

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 4.9 h ago. Open the PDF.

Weather

at Kowhai Sandy Creek · Open-Meteo
10pm
Fog
6.5°
–
2 W
1am
Fog
4.8°
–
4 NW
4am
Partly cloudy
2.7°
–
2 NW
7am
Clear
2.2°
–
2 NW
10am
Clear
10.3°
–
7 SE
1pm
Clear
13.0°
–
10 E
4pm
Fog
13.8°
–
9 E
7pm
Clear
11.9°
–
3 SE
10pm
Clear
8.8°
–
1 NW
1am
Clear
6.7°
–
3 NW
4am
Clear
4.4°
–
7 NW
7am
Fog
4.6°
–
12 NW
Sat Fog 6.5°/ 5.9° dry
Sun Fog 13.8°/ 1.8° dry
Mon Fog 18.8°/ 3.9° dry
Tue Fog 14.9°/ 6.8° dry