Motunau River at Vulcan Flats

0.34m³/s

Sat, 17 Oct, 11:00 pm · 27 min ago

Steady

3 h change: -0.01 m³/s
Steady for: ≥ 7 d
7-day peak: 0.62
Fri, 16 Oct, 2:30 pm
30-day median: 0.51
30-day range: 0.18 – 17.0
Highest gauged: 67.7 m³/s
Stage: 0.41 m

Flow

m³/s · New Zealand time

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JBNZ river guide

Motunau River, sections that cite this gauge are marked

Sections

Motunau River

Bend above the mooring area to source

Launch Motunau

No information. Only possible to boat a short distance from the sea. Watch for working fishing boats crossing the bar.

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 Motunau Vulcan Flats · Open-Meteo

10pm

Clear

7.3°

–

5 E

1am

Clear

6.0°

–

3 NW

4am

Fog

4.3°

–

5 NW

7am

Fog

5.0°

–

8 NW

10am

Clear

11.5°

–

10 NE

1pm

Clear

13.9°

–

15 NE

4pm

Clear

14.8°

–

17 NE

7pm

Clear

13.8°

–

11 NE

10pm

Clear

10.9°

–

11 N

1am

Clear

10.6°

–

11 N

4am

Clear

8.2°

–

10 NW

7am

Clear

9.3°

–

12 NW

Sat Clear 7.3°/ 6.9° dry

Sun Fog 14.9°/ 4.1° dry

Mon Partly cloudy 16.9°/ 8.2° dry

Tue Overcast 15.7°/ 8.4° dry