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Rangitata River at Klondyke

93.5m³/s

Sat, 17 Oct, 11:05 pm · 23 min ago

Steady

Good ClearingClearing: 2.8 d since the last peak, still 1.5× the 30-day median; glacial, milky in warm weather

Good for about 17 h more · drops below 85 m³/s around Sun 4:45 pm, from this recession

3 h change: -0.46 m³/s
Steady for: 14 h
7-day peak: 206
Thu, 15 Oct, 5:15 am
30-day median: 63.8
30-day range: 39.3 – 206
Mean annual flood: 1,230 m³/s
1-in-10-year flood: 2,150 m³/s
Highest gauged: 1,427 m³/s
Water temperature: 14.4 °C
Stage: 0.84 m
Recession: halves in 26 h
fitted to this recession, toward 70.0

JBNZ: 85 m³/s at Klondyke plus the RDR take for SH1 to the intake; the gorge has been boated at 150; the upper thresholds are placeholders

Flow

m³/s · New Zealand time

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Water temperature

°C, last week

Recent rises

detected from hourly means

Peak	From	To	Rise	Settled
Thu, 15 Oct, 4:00 am	70.0	204	2.9×	42 h
Thu, 8 Oct, 9:00 am	39.6	57.1	1.4×	7 d

JBNZ river guide

Rangitata River, sections that cite this gauge are marked

Sections

Rangitata River

Including the Havelock and Clyde rivers. Deep Stream (Mesopotamia) and Deep Creek (Mt Potts) are non-boating areas.

Sea to SH1 Class 2

Boulders, braided · 18 km · 5.5 m/km

Launch Rangitata Huts, north side

SH1 to the intake Class 3

Boulders · 40 km · 3.9 m/km

85 cumecs at the Klondyke recorder plus the RDR abstraction (the RDR takes water between the gauge and this section). Rangitata now 93.5 m³/s, above the minimum.

Launch Below SH1 on the north side, at times

Intake to the gorge Class 4

Rapids, rocks · 6 km · 10 m/km

Has been boated at 150 cumecs. Rangitata now 93.5 m³/s.

Launch Launch ramp at the head of the gorge using the easement on the boundary of Stew Point and White Rock stations; permission from Stew Point, 03 696 3706. Beware of the silt and sinking sand.

Note the waterfall. Shut the gate. This is also the access used by Rangitata Rafts.

Gorge to Turnagain Point Class 1

Shingle, braided · 13 km · 1.4 m/km

Launch Ben McLeod Station, beside the road

Turnagain Point, also known as Red Rocks, is a red-coloured bluff on the true right where the Rangitata Gorge road comes closest to the river.

Turnagain Point to the Clyde Class 1

Shingle, braided · 25 km · 5.2 m/km

Clyde

Not usually boatable

Clyde to the Havelock, Forbes Junction Class 3 Closed 1 March to 31 July

Boulders, braided · 15 km · 12 m/km

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 Rangitata · Open-Meteo

10pm

Partly cloudy

6.1°

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2 SE

1am

Fog

6.1°

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3 W

4am

Fog

4.9°

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3 W

7am

Fog

5.8°

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5 W

10am

Fog

13.5°

–

1 SE

1pm

Clear

15.4°

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9 SE

4pm

Clear

16.8°

–

10 E

7pm

Clear

15.0°

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5 E

10pm

Clear

11.1°

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6 W

1am

Clear

10.3°

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11 W

4am

Fog

8.4°

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16 NW

7am

Fog

7.3°

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17 NW

Sat Partly cloudy 6.1°/ 5.7° dry

Sun Fog 16.8°/ 4.9° dry

Mon Fog 16.7°/ 7.3° dry

Tue Fog 17.8°/ 8.7° dry

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