Ashley River/Rakahuri at Gorge

31.7m³/s

Sat, 17 Oct, 11:00 pm · 32 min ago

Rising+3.0%/h

Good Likely dirtyLikely dirty: rising, 3.1× the 30-day median

Good now, but rising.

3 h change: +2.64 m³/s
7-day peak: 68.6
Fri, 16 Oct, 12:15 am
30-day median: 10.2
30-day range: 6.35 – 68.6
Mean annual flood: 280 m³/s
1-in-10-year flood: 510 m³/s
Highest gauged: 880 m³/s
Water temperature: 11.7 °C
Stage: 1.02 m
Recession: halves in 18 h
median of 1 past rise, toward 6.37

JBNZ: more than 20 m³/s at the Gorge for SH1 to the Gorge, 50 for Middle Bridge to Gillespies, 70 for the Gorge to Middle Bridge; flood threshold is a placeholder

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, 11:00 pm	6.37	68.1	10.7×	receding
Thu, 15 Oct, 4:00 am	6.37	36.1	5.7×	receding
Sun, 27 Sept, 6:00 pm	9.20	26.4	2.9×	2 d

Along the Ashley / Rakahuri

Upstream

Ashley Lees Valley

9.43 m³/s

Downstream

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 5 h ago. Open the PDF.

Weather

at Ashley Gorge · Open-Meteo

10pm

Clear

6.6°

–

3 SW

1am

Partly cloudy

5.6°

–

2 NW

4am

Fog

4.0°

–

3 N

7am

Clear

2.8°

–

4 NW

10am

Fog

12.0°

–

6 E

1pm

Clear

15.2°

–

12 SE

4pm

Clear

15.7°

–

10 E

7pm

Clear

13.3°

–

8 E

10pm

Clear

8.9°

–

3 N

1am

Clear

7.7°

–

6 NW

4am

Fog

6.3°

–

13 NW

7am

Clear

6.5°

–

15 NW

Sat Partly cloudy 6.6°/ 6.1° dry

Sun Fog 15.7°/ 2.6° dry

Mon Drizzle 17.3°/ 6.3° 0.1 mm

Tue Fog 17.4°/ 6.9° dry