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Rakaia River at Gorge

2.66m
Sat, 17 Oct, 11:00 pm · 31 min ago
Steady
3 h change
-8 mm
Steady for
29 h
7-day peak
3.36
Thu, 15 Oct, 5:45 am
30-day median
2.41
30-day range
2.33 – 3.36
Highest gauged
1,847 m³/s
Recession
halves in 41 h
fitted to this recession, toward 2.36

Stage

m · New Zealand time

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Recent rises

detected from hourly means
PeakFromToRiseSettled
Thu, 15 Oct, 4:00 am2.363.32+959 mmreceding

Along the Rakaia

Upstream
Rakaia Fighting Hill
211 m³/s
Downstream
Rakaia SH1
1.24 m

JBNZ river guide

Rakaia River, sections that cite this gauge are marked

Sections

Rakaia River

Excluding the Hydra Waters above the sign, and Glenariffe Stream.

Sea to the Wilberforce Class 1
Braided, shingle · 96 km · 4.1 m/km
Always boatable.
Launch SH1; Gorge bridge; Rakaia Huts (fee payable, please pay it)
Hazard: old bridge piles are now in all the main stems between the SH1 and rail bridges, visible or just below the surface.
Wilberforce to Jagged Stream Class 3 Closed April to June
Boulders, braided · 32 km · 7.8 m/km
Launch Lake Coleridge power station outfall
Please stop in the backwater before the Hydra Waters.

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 Rakaia Gorge · Open-Meteo
10pm
Fog
5.3°
–
1 NE
1am
Fog
5.2°
–
2 N
4am
Fog
5.2°
–
2 N
7am
Fog
6.1°
–
1 NW
10am
Clear
13.1°
–
2 SE
1pm
Clear
15.9°
–
6 SE
4pm
Clear
16.7°
–
8 E
7pm
Clear
14.4°
–
6 NE
10pm
Clear
11.0°
–
1 NW
1am
Clear
10.5°
–
3 NW
4am
Clear
9.7°
–
5 NW
7am
Clear
9.6°
–
5 NW
Sat Fog 5.3°/ 5.1° dry
Sun Fog 16.7°/ 5.1° dry
Mon Fog 16.1°/ 9.5° dry
Tue Fog 17.8°/ 7.4° dry
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