South Ashburton River/Hakatere at Mt Somers/Te Kiekie

12.6m³/s
Sat, 17 Oct, 11:05 pm · 26 min ago
Steady
3 h change
-0.38 m³/s
Steady for
3 h
7-day peak
23.2
Thu, 15 Oct, 1:55 am
30-day median
12.4
30-day range
9.39 – 23.2
Mean annual flood
95.0 m³/s
1-in-10-year flood
170 m³/s
Highest gauged
430 m³/s
Stage
2.51 m

Flow

m³/s · New Zealand time

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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 South Ash Mt Somers · Open-Meteo
10pm
Partly cloudy
4.9°
–
3 SE
1am
Fog
5.4°
–
1 W
4am
Fog
4.8°
–
2 W
7am
Fog
6.2°
–
5 NW
10am
Clear
13.5°
–
0 SE
1pm
Fog
15.4°
–
11 SE
4pm
Clear
16.2°
–
12 E
7pm
Clear
14.2°
–
7 SE
10pm
Partly cloudy
10.5°
–
6 NW
1am
Partly cloudy
9.5°
–
12 NW
4am
Clear
9.1°
–
15 NW
7am
Clear
8.6°
–
13 NW
Sat Partly cloudy 4.9°/ 4.7° dry
Sun Fog 16.2°/ 4.8° dry
Mon Fog 15.4°/ 8.6° dry
Tue Fog 17.3°/ 7.7° dry