Ashburton River/Hakatere South Branch at Buicks Bridge
7.02m
Sat, 17 Oct, 11:05 pm · 26 min ago
- 3 h change
- -12 mm
- Steady for
- 47 h
- 7-day peak
- 7.26Wed, 14 Oct, 10:50 pm
- 30-day median
- 6.95
- 30-day range
- 6.90 – 7.26
- Highest gauged
- 73.8 m³/s
Stage
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JBNZ river guide
Ashburton River / Hakatere, sections that cite this gauge are markedSections
Ashburton River / HakatereForks 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 Buicks · Open-Meteo10pm
Fog
5.9°
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3 E
1am
Fog
5.5°
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2 N
4am
Clear
5.7°
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1 N
7am
Clear
6.3°
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5 N
10am
Clear
14.0°
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4 NW
1pm
Clear
17.3°
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9 SE
4pm
Clear
16.6°
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11 SE
7pm
Clear
14.0°
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8 SE
10pm
Clear
10.3°
–
5 N
1am
Partly cloudy
7.2°
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9 N
4am
Clear
6.5°
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7 N
7am
Clear
6.2°
–
6 N
Sat Fog 5.9°/ 5.4° dry
Sun Fog 17.3°/ 5.4° dry
Mon Fog 16.4°/ 6.2° dry
Tue Fog 19.0°/ 6.6° dry