Hakatere/Ashburton River at SH1

37.8m³/s

Sat, 17 Oct, 11:00 pm · 29 min ago

Steady

Good

Good now.

3 h change: +0.57 m³/s
Steady for: 13 h
7-day peak: 91.8
Fri, 16 Oct, 5:10 am
30-day median: 29.0
30-day range: 13.9 – 91.8
Mean annual flood: 350 m³/s
1-in-10-year flood: 550 m³/s
Highest gauged: 1,740 m³/s
Water temperature: 11.7 °C
Stage: 2.20 m

JBNZ: more than 14 m³/s at SH1 for the Forks to the sea, 40 for the branches; flood threshold is a placeholder

Flow

m³/s · New Zealand time

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Water temperature

°C, last week

JBNZ river guide

Ashburton River / Hakatere, sections that cite this gauge are marked

Sections

Ashburton River / Hakatere

Forks to the sea Class 2

Shingle, braided, willows · 21 km · 4.5 m/km

More than 14 cumecs at the Ashburton gauging site. Ashburton at SH1 now 37.8 m³/s, above the minimum.

Launch Good launching at Melrose Road above the SH1 bridge, and below the SH1 bridge

Forks up the North and South branches Class 3-4

Boulders, shingle, braided, willows · 4.7 m/km

Needs high flow, more than 40 cumecs. Ashburton at SH1 now 37.8 m³/s, below the minimum. The sheet does not name the gauge; this is our choice.

Launch Blowing Point Bridge in high flow

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 Ashburton at SH1 · Open-Meteo

10pm

Partly cloudy

6.8°

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6 N

1am

Partly cloudy

6.7°

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8 N

4am

Clear

6.2°

–

9 N

7am

Clear

5.3°

–

8 N

10am

Clear

12.3°

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10 NE

1pm

Clear

16.6°

–

10 E

4pm

Clear

18.1°

–

14 E

7pm

Clear

15.7°

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16 NE

10pm

Clear

10.7°

–

13 N

1am

Clear

9.8°

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11 N

4am

Clear

9.2°

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7 NW

7am

Partly cloudy

8.8°

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8 W

Sat Partly cloudy 6.8°/ 6.7° dry

Sun Partly cloudy 18.1°/ 5.2° dry

Mon Fog 18.6°/ 8.5° dry

Tue Overcast 19.4°/ 11.2° dry

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