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Waimakariri River at Esk

137m³/s

Sat, 17 Oct, 11:00 pm · 31 min ago

Steady

High ClearingClearing: 2.9 d since the last peak, still 1.5× the 30-day median; glacial, milky in warm weather

Good from about Sun 3:30 pm · Sun 1:00 pm to Sun 10:45 pm, below 100 m³/s, from 4 past recessions

3 h change: +0.69 m³/s
Steady for: 23 h
7-day peak: 608
Thu, 15 Oct, 3:15 am
30-day median: 89.1
30-day range: 69.3 – 608
Highest gauged: 156 m³/s
Water temperature: -0.2 °C
Stage: 0.66 m
Recession: halves in 13 h
median of 4 past rises, toward 73.2

The water level sensor at this site is malfunctioning and will be replaced shortly.

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, 3:00 am	73.2	583	8.0×	20 h
Sun, 27 Sept, 5:00 pm	82.7	124	1.5×	46 h
Sun, 20 Sept, 7:00 am	99.4	157	1.6×	20 h
Thu, 17 Sept, 2:00 pm	98.9	130	1.3×	24 h

Along the Waimakariri

Downstream

Waimak below Otarama

100.0 m³/s

JBNZ river guide

Waimakariri River, sections that cite this gauge are marked

Sections

Waimakariri River

Sea 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 4.9 h ago. Open the PDF.

Weather

at Waimakariri Esk · Open-Meteo

10pm

Fog

6.6°

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4 SE

1am

Fog

6.0°

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4 N

4am

Fog

4.7°

–

4 NW

7am

Clear

4.1°

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6 N

10am

Clear

13.6°

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8 NW

1pm

Clear

20.5°

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3 E

4pm

Clear

20.2°

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8 SE

7pm

Clear

17.7°

–

5 SE

10pm

Clear

10.9°

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6 NW

1am

Fog

7.9°

–

8 NW

4am

Fog

4.9°

–

8 NW

7am

Fog

5.1°

–

9 NW

Sat Fog 6.6°/ 6.6° dry

Sun Fog 20.9°/ 4.1° dry

Mon Drizzle 20.5°/ 4.7° 0.4 mm

Tue Fog 20.6°/ 8.9° dry