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Waiau Uwha River at Marble Point

109m³/s

Sat, 17 Oct, 11:00 pm · 28 min ago

Steady

Good ClearingClearing: 2.7 d since the last peak

Good now, and holding · base flow 75.0 m³/s stays above 35

3 h change: +3.07 m³/s
Steady for: 21 h
7-day peak: 459
Thu, 15 Oct, 7:20 am
30-day median: 103
30-day range: 74.6 – 459
Mean annual flood: 997 m³/s
1-in-10-year flood: 1,320 m³/s
Highest gauged: 1,322 m³/s
Water temperature: 11.0 °C
Stage: 1.24 m
Recession: halves in 19 h
fitted to this recession, toward 75.0

Flow

m³/s · New Zealand time

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Water temperature

°C, last week

Recent rises

detected from hourly means

Peak	From	To	Rise	Settled
Thu, 15 Oct, 6:00 am	75.0	452	6.0×	15 h
Sun, 27 Sept, 6:00 pm	85.0	291	3.4×	17 h
Sun, 20 Sept, 7:00 am	103	251	2.4×	13 h
Thu, 17 Sept, 5:00 pm	102	163	1.6×	20 h

Along the Waiau Uwha

Upstream

Waiau Uwha Maling

JBNZ river guide

Waiau Uwha River, sections that cite this gauge are marked

Sections

Waiau Uwha River

Sea to Leslie Hills Class 1

Shingle, braided · 68 km · 3.75 m/km

Minimum flow 35 cumecs. Waiau Uwha Mouth now 75.8 m³/s, above the minimum. The sheet does not name the gauge; this is our choice.

Launch SH1 bridge, or Waiau township

Low flows can present issues. All huts along this section are privately owned: seek permission from the owners before using them.

Leslie Hills to Ferry Bridge Class 2

Gorgy, rocks · 16 km · 3.9 m/km

Launch Waiau township, Mason River junction

Notify the commercial operator

Ferry Bridge to the Hope Class 2

Boulders, braided · 19 km · 6.3 m/km

Launch As above

Hope confluence to the Narrows Class 3

Rocky, rapids, gorgy · 19 km · 8.9 m/km

Launch Waiau riverbed above the Hanmer Ferry bridge

The Narrows have been boated. Very isolated section.

Narrows (Stanley River confluence) to the Ada No uplifting

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 Waiau Uwha Marble Pt · Open-Meteo

10pm

Overcast

6.5°

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2 E

1am

Fog

5.7°

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3 NW

4am

Fog

4.2°

–

5 NW

7am

Fog

3.3°

–

7 NW

10am

Clear

12.5°

–

2 SE

1pm

Clear

16.2°

–

7 SE

4pm

Clear

16.5°

–

6 E

7pm

Clear

14.2°

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3 NE

10pm

Clear

10.7°

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3 NW

1am

Clear

6.7°

–

7 NW

4am

Fog

4.8°

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12 NW

7am

Fog

4.6°

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13 NW

Sat Overcast 6.5°/ 6.1° dry

Sun Fog 16.8°/ 3.3° dry

Mon Fog 19.9°/ 4.2° dry

Tue Drizzle 19.3°/ 7.7° 0.1 mm