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Forward Outdoor

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Forward Outdoor is a paddling school in Milwaukee. They offer kayaking on the Milwaukee River, with a shuttle service upstream so paddlers can drift back to their cars. At Discovery World, they rent paddleboards, kayaks, paddle boats, and hydro bikes for use in the calm harbor waters.

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Disciplines
Lessons

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5.0on Google, 134 reviews
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Around here

Around Forward Outdoor

10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

1994 to 2025

The water at Forward Outdoor typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,460 cfs, and lowest in September, at 257 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 13,700 cfs, in 2008.

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Typical flow by month at Milwaukee River at Mouth at Milwaukee, WI, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January438255 to 807
February464238 to 918
March1,460849 to 2,150
April1,245805 to 2,210
May924526 to 1,410
June602310 to 1,130
July366180 to 760
August324189 to 602
September257151 to 612
October356213 to 740
November392245 to 659
December468273 to 773

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 22 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Milwaukee River at Mouth at Milwaukee, WI (site 04087170). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

53Maybe/ 100

High 44°F · Wind 10 kt

CloudyHigh 44°F, low 34°FRain 2%Wind 10 kt, gusts 23

Water level

7.97 ft

Air quality

6 Good

Milwaukee College Ave-Near Road monitor, 12 km

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Air quality: Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified.

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