Selwyn River/Waikirikiri at SH1

3.67m

Sat, 17 Oct, 10:00 pm · 1.5 h ago

Steady

3 h change: +1 mm
Steady for: ≥ 6.6 d
7-day peak: 3.76
Thu, 15 Oct, 9:00 pm
30-day median: 3.68
30-day range: 3.61 – 3.76

Stage

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JBNZ river guide

Selwyn River / Waikirikiri, sections that cite this gauge are marked

Sections

Selwyn River / Waikirikiri

Brookside and Burnham Road / Corbetts Road ford to 1 km downstream of the SH77 bridge, Glentunnel Class 3 Members' permit

Shingle, braided · 53 km · 5.2 m/km

Launch SH1, Highfield Road or Bealey Road

Seldom boated due to lack of water. In a sudden flood be aware of possible wires across the river. Users must complete the JBNZ river run log to keep this uplift current.

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 Selwyn SH1 · Open-Meteo

10pm

Clear

6.4°

–

5 E

1am

Clear

5.9°

–

4 N

4am

Clear

4.9°

–

5 N

7am

Clear

4.4°

–

6 N

10am

Clear

11.3°

–

13 NE

1pm

Clear

15.2°

–

15 NE

4pm

Clear

15.8°

–

17 NE

7pm

Clear

12.7°

–

17 NE

10pm

Clear

9.3°

–

15 NE

1am

Clear

8.9°

–

13 NE

4am

Clear

7.3°

–

9 N

7am

Fog

8.0°

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10 NW

Sat Clear 6.4°/ 6.3° dry

Sun Clear 16.1°/ 4.2° dry

Mon Fog 18.8°/ 7.3° dry

Tue Overcast 16.5°/ 8.4° dry