Open Water Data

Clive River at Boat Ramp

Clive, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Data Sources
  • Water Quality Status
    Failed tests Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 6:20pm
  • Air Temperature
    15°C / 59°F (air) Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 5:45pm
  • Wind
    29.9 - 15.8km/h E 80° Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 5:45pm
  • Partly cloudy
    Partly cloudy Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 5:45pm
  • Precipitation
    0mm Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 5:45pm
  • Air Visibility
    10km Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 5:45pm
  • Humidity
    77% Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 5:45pm

The Clive River is the lower part of the Karamu Stream and opens into the Waitangi estuary, creating a large body of relatively calm water that is popular for a wide range of recreation and sports - rowing, waka ama, kayaking, kite surfing, water skiing and jetskiing. The river is generally not suitable for swimming.

This river site is monitored fortnightly and water quality sampling indicates it often has poor water quality.

Freedom camping is only permitted for self-contained vehicles.

This site has permanent signage because water quality criteria can often be exceeded. Recreational water quality re-sampling from the Monitoring team does not occur here.

The description above was copied from or heavily based on Swim Guide, with permission.

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