Waipara River at Teviotdale Road Bridge

9.29m³/s

Sat, 17 Oct, 11:30 pm · 1.1 h ago

Steady

3 h change: -0.28 m³/s
Steady for: 5 h
7-day peak: 12.8
Fri, 16 Oct, 11:35 pm
30-day median: 1.63
30-day range: 0.50 – 14.8
Mean annual flood: 190 m³/s
1-in-10-year flood: 490 m³/s
Highest gauged: 226 m³/s
Water temperature: 12.1 °C
Stage: 5.68 m

Flow

m³/s · New Zealand time

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Water temperature

°C, last week

JBNZ river guide

Waipara River, sections that cite this gauge are marked

Sections

Waipara River

Sea to White Gorge Class 3

Shingle, braided, willows, gorgy at the top · 24 km · 5.8 m/km

Launch Double Corner bridge, or SH1

Seldom boated due to low flows. Boatable in a fresh; watch for stock wires across the stream bed.

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 6 h ago. Open the PDF.

Weather

at Waipara TeviotdaleRd · Open-Meteo

11pm

Clear

6.3°

–

4 N

2am

Clear

5.6°

–

6 NW

5am

Fog

4.8°

–

11 NW

8am

Fog

6.2°

–

11 N

11am

Clear

12.6°

–

8 NE

2pm

Clear

15.1°

–

15 E

5pm

Clear

15.2°

–

11 E

8pm

Clear

11.2°

–

4 NE

11pm

Clear

9.3°

–

9 NW

2am

Clear

8.5°

–

13 NW

5am

Clear

6.2°

–

14 NW

8am

Clear

9.3°

–

14 NW

Sat Clear 6.3°/ 6.3° dry

Sun Fog 15.2°/ 4.7° dry

Mon Overcast 16.3°/ 5.8° dry

Tue Fog 16.9°/ 6.6° dry