Waimakariri › Waimakariri Gorge
Waimakariri River at Gorge
1.71m
Sat, 17 Oct, 11:20 pm · 12 min ago
- 3 h change
- +3 mm
- Steady for
- 29 h
- 7-day peak
- 2.79Thu, 15 Oct, 7:00 am
- 30-day median
- 1.53
- 30-day range
- 1.41 – 2.79
- Highest gauged
- 1,108 m³/s
- Recession
- halves in 31 hfitted to this recession, toward 1.43
Stage
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Recent rises
detected from hourly means| Peak | From | To | Rise | Settled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 15 Oct, 6:00 am | 1.43 | 2.74 | +1312 mm | 36 h |
Along the Waimakariri
JBNZ river guide
Waimakariri River, sections that cite this gauge are markedSections
Waimakariri RiverSea to the SH1 bridge No uplifting
6 km
SH1 bridge to Woodstock Class 1
Shingle, braided · 69 km · 4.4 m/km
Launch Gorge bridge; JBNZ SH1 ramp; Intake Road; West Melton
Commercial operator, heavy boat traffic
Woodstock to the Poulter Class 1
Rocks, rapids, gorgy; the benches between the Esk and the Poulter can be class 3 · 36 km · 4.6 m/km
Launch Woodstock, SH72
Commercial operator, heavy boat traffic
Poulter confluence to Bealey bridge Class 3 Closed April to June
Braided, shingle · 32 km · 5.3 m/km
Launch Mt White bridge
Can be soft shingle to launch into
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 Waimakariri Gorge · Open-Meteo10pm
Clear
7.2°
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1 S
1am
Clear
6.4°
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2 NE
4am
Fog
5.0°
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3 N
7am
Fog
3.6°
–
3 N
10am
Clear
11.9°
–
7 E
1pm
Clear
14.9°
–
11 E
4pm
Clear
15.5°
–
12 E
7pm
Clear
12.6°
–
8 E
10pm
Fog
8.9°
–
3 N
1am
Clear
7.8°
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8 NW
4am
Fog
7.4°
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15 NW
7am
Partly cloudy
6.9°
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18 NW
Sat Clear 7.2°/ 6.8° dry
Sun Fog 15.6°/ 3.6° dry
Mon Fog 16.4°/ 6.8° dry
Tue Overcast 16.9°/ 7.3° dry
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