Ashley / Rakahuri › Ashley Lees Valley

Ashley River/Rakahuri at Lees Valley

9.43m³/s

Sat, 17 Oct, 11:00 pm · 31 min ago

Falling-3.4%/h

Likely dirtyLikely dirty: 2.1 d since the last peak, 3.4× the 30-day median

3 h change: -1.08 m³/s
7-day peak: 16.0
Thu, 15 Oct, 12:25 am
30-day median: 2.81
30-day range: 1.68 – 16.0
Highest gauged: 28.4 m³/s
Water temperature: 5.6 °C
Stage: 0.83 m
Recession: halves in 33 h
median of 1 past rise, toward 1.81

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, 9:00 pm	1.81	8.65	4.8×	receding
Thu, 15 Oct, 12:00 am	1.74	14.6	8.4×	11 h

Along the Ashley / Rakahuri

Downstream

Ashley Gorge

31.7 m³/s

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 Lees Valley · Open-Meteo

10pm

Fog

5.2°

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0 NW

1am

Fog

4.9°

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2 NW

4am

Clear

4.1°

–

2 NW

7am

Clear

3.9°

–

3 NW

10am

Clear

13.9°

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1 S

1pm

Clear

17.3°

–

5 SE

4pm

Clear

17.3°

–

6 E

7pm

Clear

14.6°

–

8 NE

10pm

Clear

9.3°

–

4 NW

1am

Fog

6.3°

–

5 NW

4am

Fog

3.5°

–

8 NW

7am

Fog

3.9°

–

9 NW

Sat Fog 5.4°/ 5.2° dry

Sun Fog 17.3°/ 3.6° dry

Mon Fog 17.7°/ 3.2° dry

Tue Drizzle 19.2°/ 7.1° 0.2 mm