Ashley River/Rakahuri at SH1 Bridge

31.4m³/s

Sat, 17 Oct, 10:30 pm · 1 h ago

Steady

High Likely dirtyLikely dirty: 42 h since the last peak, 4.5× the 30-day median

Good from about Sun 11:45 pm · Sun 8:30 pm to Mon 4:30 am, below 25 m³/s, from this recession, after the peak due Sun 8:00 am

3 h change: -0.94 m³/s
Steady for: 5 h
7-day peak: 133
Fri, 16 Oct, 7:55 am
30-day median: 7.01
30-day range: 3.18 – 133
Highest gauged: 1,407 m³/s
Water temperature: 12.2 °C
Stage: 2.13 m
Recession: halves in 17 h
fitted to this recession, toward 3.20

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
Fri, 16 Oct, 6:00 am	3.20	131	40.8×	receding
Sun, 27 Sept, 6:00 pm	6.32	48.9	7.7×	43 h

Along the Ashley / Rakahuri

Upstream

Ashley RTB

1.40 m

JBNZ river guide

Ashley River / Rakahuri, sections that cite this gauge are marked

Sections

Ashley River / Rakahuri

Sea to SH1 No uplifting

SH1 to Ashley Gorge Class 2

Shingle, braided, willows · 41 km · 5 m/km

More than 20 cumecs at the Ashley Gorge gauging site. Ashley Gorge now 31.7 m³/s, above the minimum.

Launch SH1 bridge, north side; Rangiora township bridge

Ashley Gorge to Middle Bridge Class 3

Rocks, chutes, gorgy, no access · 12 km · 8.3 m/km

High flow, more than 70 cumecs at Ashley Gorge. Ashley Gorge now 31.7 m³/s, below the minimum.

Launch Ashley Gorge Holiday Park; contact the camp manager for the gate key

The sheet also says "requires 20 cumecs" for this section.

Middle Bridge to Gillespies Bridge Class 2

Rocks, gorgy, no access · 8 km · 7.5 m/km

50 cumecs at the Ashley Gorge recorder. Ashley Gorge now 31.7 m³/s, below the minimum.

Launch As above, or at Middle Bridge with difficulty, or off Mt Thomas Road

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 Ashley SH1 · Open-Meteo

10pm

Clear

8.1°

–

6 E

1am

Clear

6.6°

–

8 NW

4am

Clear

6.0°

–

8 NW

7am

Fog

5.7°

–

10 N

10am

Fog

10.8°

–

10 NE

1pm

Clear

13.7°

–

19 E

4pm

Clear

14.1°

–

16 E

7pm

Clear

13.7°

–

11 NE

10pm

Clear

10.5°

–

8 N

1am

Clear

9.6°

–

8 N

4am

Partly cloudy

8.0°

–

12 NW

7am

Fog

7.0°

–

8 NW

Sat Clear 8.1°/ 7.3° dry

Sun Fog 14.3°/ 5.6° dry

Mon Fog 16.0°/ 6.6° dry

Tue Fog 15.6°/ 7.6° dry